Famous quotes containing the words poems, davies and/or band:
“No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers.”
—Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)
“What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?”
—William Henry Davies (1871–1940)
“The band waked me with a serenade. How they improve! A fine band and what a life in a regiment! Their music is better than food and clothing to give spirit to the men.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)