God Preserve Thy

Famous quotes containing the words god, preserve and/or thy:

“Think ... before the words—the vows are spoken, which put yet another terrible bar between us.... I call upon you in the name of God ... to be sincere with me—Can you, my Annie, bear to think I am another’s?”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

“If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.”
—Alexander Smith (1830–1867)

“I was born upon thy bank, river,
My blood flows in thy stream,
And thou meanderest forever
At the bottom of my dream.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)