Ranked Firm

Famous quotes containing the words ranked and/or firm:

    The trumpets sound, the banners fly,
    The glittering spears are ranked ready;
    The shouts o’ war are heard afar,
    The battle closes thick and bloody;
    But it’s no the roar o’ sea or shore
    Wad mak me langer wish to tarry;
    Nor shout o’ war that’s heard afar,
    Its leaving thee, my bonnie Mary.
    Robert Burns (1759–1796)

    With wavering steps does fickle fortune stray,
    Nowhere she finds a firm and fixed abode;
    But now all smiles, and now again all frowns,
    She’s constant only in inconstancy.
    Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)