British Pounds

Famous quotes containing the words british and/or pounds:

    “Swans moulting die, snow melts to tears,
    Roses do blush and hang their heads,”
    —Henry Noel, British poet, and William Strode, British poet. Beauty Extolled (attributed to Noel and to Strode)

    “When I was one-and-twenty
    I heard a wise man say,
    “Give crowns and pounds and guineas
    But not your heart away;”
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)