Famous quotes containing the words pretty, soldier and/or sailor:
“And the song she was singing ever since
In my ear sounds on:
Stay at home, pretty bees, fly not hence!
Mistress Mary is dead and gone!”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (18071892)
“Will you vouchsafe to teach a soldier terms
Such as will enter at a ladys ear
And plead his love-suit to her gentle heart?”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“The soger frae the wars returns,
The sailor frae the main,
But I hae parted frae my Love,
Never to meet again, my dear,
Never to meet again.”
—Robert Burns (17591796)