Official Sung Verse

Famous quotes containing the words official, sung and/or verse:

    “There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.”
    —John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)

    “My lute awake! perform the last
    Labour that thou and I shall waste,
    And end that I have now begun;
    For when this song is sung and past,
    My lute be still, for I have done.”
    —Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)

    “Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth
    And delves the parallels in beauty’s brow,
    Feeds on the rarities of nature’s truth,
    And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow:
    And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand,
    Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)