Famous quotes containing the words thomas the rhymer, unknown, thomas and/or rhymer:
“True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank;
A ferlie he spied wi’ his e’e;
And there he saw a lady bright,
Come riding down by the Eildon Tree.”
—Unknown. Thomas the Rhymer (l. 1–4)
“All nature is but art unknown to thee;
All chance, direction which thou canst not see;
All discord, harmony not understood;
All partial evil, universal good;
And, spite of pride, in erring reason’s spite,
One truth is clear, “Whatever IS, is RIGHT.””
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“The old forget the grief,
Hack of the cough, the hanging albatross,
Cast back the bone of youth....”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
““Now haud thy peace!” the lady said,
“For as I say, so must it be.””
—Unknown. Thomas the Rhymer (l. 75–76)