Sir Walter Raleigh

Famous quotes containing the words sir, walter and/or raleigh:

    “At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay,
    And a pinnace, like a fluttered bird, came flying from far away:
    ‘Spanish ships of war at sea! we have sighted fifty-three!’”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “And they be these: the wood, the weed, the wag.
    The wood is that which makes the gallow tree;
    The weed is that which strings the hangman’s bag;”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)

    “I wish I loved the Human Race;
    I wish I loved its silly face;
    I wish I liked the way it walks;
    I wish I liked the way it talks;
    And when I’m introduced to one
    I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1861–1922)