State Folk Song

Famous quotes containing the words state, folk and/or song:

    “When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl—and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to—which you can’t deny is the penalty of marriage.”
    —Victoria (1819–1901)

    “The ties between gentle folk are as pure as water; the links between scoundrels are as thick as honey.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Turn back,
    back
    to the lake of Delos;
    lest all the song notes
    pause and break
    across a blood-stained throat....”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)