Famous quotes containing the words burnt and/or alive:
“‘O fy gar ride, and fy gar rin,
And haste ye find these traitors again;
For she’s be burnt and he’s be slain,
The wearifu’ gaberlunzie man.’”
—Unknown. The Gaberlunzie Man (l. 49–52)
“I remember meeting you in a dark dream
Of April, you or some girl,
The necklace of wishes alive and breathing around your throat.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)