Light Horse Troops

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

    Come hither, and I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out.
    Apocrypha. 2 Esdras, 14:25.

    Only a man harrowing clods
    In a slow silent walk
    With an old horse that stumbles and nods
    Half asleep as they stalk.
    Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    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)