Famous quotes containing the words english and/or singer:
“The bright old day now dawns again; the cry runs through the the land,
In England there shall be dear breadin Ireland, sword and brand;
And poverty, and ignorance, shall swell the rich and grand,
So, rally round the rulers with the gentle iron hand,
Of the fine old English Tory days;
Hail to the coming time!”
—Charles Dickens (18121870)
“Now the nightingale, the pretty nightingale,
The sweetest singer in all the forests choir,
Entreats thee, sweet Peggy, to hear thy true Loves tale:
Lo! yonder she sitteth, her breast against a briar.”
—Thomas Dekker (1572?1632?)