Favourite Festive Songs

Famous quotes containing the words favourite, festive and/or songs:

    “Ye Cupids, droop each little head,
    Nor let your wings with joy be spread:
    My Lesbia’s favourite bird is dead,
    Whom dearer than her eyes she loved.”
    —Catullus [Gaius Valerius Catullus] (84–54 B.C.)

    “Dear, sweet, unforgettable childhood! Why does this irrevocable time, forever departed, seem brighter, more festive and richer than it actually was?”
    —Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

    “Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.”
    —Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972)