Nicola Martial Triple

Famous quotes containing the words martial and/or triple:

    “Lie lightly on her, turf and dew:
    She put so little weight on you.”
    —Marcus Valerius Martial (c. 40–104)

    “Their martyred blood and ashes sow
    O’er all the Italian fields where still doth sway
    The triple tyrant; that from these may grow
    A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way,
    Early may fly the Babylonian woe.”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)