Wild Billy Childish

Famous quotes containing the words wild, billy and/or childish:

    “O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being,
    Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead
    Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,
    Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,
    Pestilence-stricken multitudes.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    ““Although I’d lie lapped up in linen
    A deal I’d sweat and little earn
    If I should live as live the neighbours,”
    Cried the beggar, Billy Byrne....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “I count religion but a childish toy,
    And hold there is no sin but ignorance.”
    —Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)