Pierce/people

Famous quotes containing the words pierce and/or people:

    “Who will go drive with Fergus now,
    And pierce the deep wood’s woven shade,
    And dance upon the level shore?”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Then came the Lord Chamberlain with his white staff,
    And all the people began to laugh;
    And then the Queen began to speak,
    ‘You’re welcome home, Sir Francis Drake.’”
    —Unknown. Upon Sir Francis Drake’s Return from His Voyage about the World, and the Queen’s Meeting Him (l. 5–8)