Famous quotes containing the words light, horse and/or troops:
“But no. Too soon I voun my charm abroke.
Noo comely soul in white like her
Noo soul a-steppen light like her
An nwone o comely height like her
Went by; but all my grief agean awoke.”
—William Barnes (18011886)
“What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse
and his rider.
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?”
—Bible: Hebrew Job (l. XXXIX, 1719)
“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 (15641616)