Henry Viii/final Years - 1540%e2%80%931547

Famous quotes containing the words henry, viii, final and/or years:

    The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.... I now quit altogether public affairs, and I lay down my burden.
    —Edward VIII (1894–1972)

    With a dead sound on the final stroke of nine.
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    Go, and catch a falling star,
    Get with child a mandrake root,
    Tell me, where all past years are,
    Or who cleft the devil’s foot,
    Teach me to her mermaids singing,
    Or to keep off envy’s stinging,
    And find
    What wind
    Serves to advance an honest mind.
    John Donne (c. 1572–1631)