Heard Island

Famous quotes containing the words heard and/or island:

“When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
“Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies,
But keep your fancy free.”
But I was one-and-twenty,
No use to talk to me.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)

““Our island home
Is far beyond the wave;we will no longer roam.””
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)