Riley Defeated

Famous quotes containing the words riley and/or defeated:

    “the ache here in the throat,
    To know that I so ill deserve the place
    Her arms make for me;”
    —James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)

    “Vanquished in life, his death
    By beauty made amends:
    The passing of his breath
    Won his defeated ends.”
    —Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867–1902)