Yule Marble Company

Famous quotes containing the words yule, marble and/or company:

    “As I went on Yule day
    In our procession,
    Knew I jolly Jankin
    By his merry tone—
    Kyrie eleison.”
    —Unknown. Jolly Jankin (l. Chorus.)

    “In marble halls as white as milk,
    Lined with a skin as soft as silk,
    Within a fountain crystal-clear,
    A golden apple doth appear.
    No doors there are to this stronghold,
    Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.”
    —Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. In marble walls as white as milk (Riddle: An Egg)

    “We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way.”
    —Frank Moore Colby (1865–1925)