Son Sir John

Famous quotes containing the words sir john, son, sir and/or john:

    “Why so pale and wan, fond lover
    Prithee, why so pale?”
    —Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)

    “Oh my son’s my son till he gets him a wife,
    But my daughter’s my daughter all her life.”
    —Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826–1887)

    “Our noble King, King Henery the eighth,
    Ouer the riuer of Thames past hee.”
    —Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton. . .

    English and Scottish Ballads (The Poetry Bookshelf)

    “Where the Muse herself
    All Time fulfils,
    Who cuts with his scythe
    All things but hers;
    All but the blithe
    Hexameters.”
    —Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878–1957)