King Henry IV

Famous quotes containing the words king henry and/or king:

    “Williams. I pray you, what thinks he of our estate?
    King Henry. Even as men wrecked upon a sand, that look to be
    washed off the next tide.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Those banners come to bribe or threaten
    Or whisper that a man’s a fool
    Who when his own right king’s forgotten
    Cares what king sets up his rule.
    If he died long ago
    Why do you dread us so?”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)