English Song Originally

Famous quotes containing the words english, song and/or originally:

    “... the English are very fond of being entertained, and ... they regard the French and the American people as destined by Heaven to amuse them.”
    —M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)

    “The palsy plagues my pulses”
    —Unknown. Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song (l. 37)

    “Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man.”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)