Fair Maid of Brittany

Famous quotes containing the words fair and/or maid:

    When I was fair and young, and favor graced me,
    Of many was I sought, their mistress for to be;
    But I did scorn them all, and answered them therefore,
    “Go, go, go seek some otherwhere!
    Importune me no more!”
    Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

    I thought it out this very day,
    Noon upon the clock,
    A man may put pretence away
    Who leans upon a stick,
    May sing, and sing until he drop,
    Whether to maid or hag....
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)