Memorial Statue

Famous quotes containing the words memorial and/or statue:

    When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, “Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.”
    Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

    The spire cranes. Its statue is an aviary.
    Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)