Light Horse Troops

Famous quotes containing the words light, horse and/or troops:

    The march interrupted the light afternoon.
    Cars stopped dead, children began to run,
    As out of the street-shadow into the sun
    Discipline strode....
    Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    Half the failures of this world arise from pulling in one’s horse as he is leaping.
    Julius Hare (1795–1855)

    O, now for ever
    Farewell the tranquil mind, farewell content,
    Farewell the plumèd troops and the big wars
    That makes ambition virtue! O, farewell!
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)