Sylvester

Famous quotes containing the word sylvester:

    “Were I as base as is the lowly plain,
    And you, my Love, as high as heaven above,
    Yet should the thoughts of me, your humble swain,
    Ascend to heaven in honour of my love.”
    —Joshua Sylvester (1561–1618)

    “With deep affection and recollection
    I often think of the Shandon bells,”
    —Francis Sylvester Mahony (1805–1866)

    “On this I ponder where’er I wander,
    And thus grow fonder, sweet Cork, of thee;
    With thy bells of Shandon,”
    —Francis Sylvester Mahony (1805–1866)