Cottages Quote by John James Ingalls

“Winds of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro— And what should they know of England who only England know? The…

— Rudyard Kipling

“Cromwell, suppose you’d been away from England for seven years? If you’d been like a knight in a story, lying under an enchantment? You…

— Hilary Mantel

Or thou might'st better listen to the wind, Whose language is to thee a barren noise, Though it blows legend-laden through the trees.

— John Keats

There is no land like England, Where'er the light of day be; There are no hearts like English hearts, Such hearts of oak as…

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

There is a peculiarity in the countenance, as everybody knows, which, though it cannot be described, is sure to betray the Englishman.

— George Henry Borrow

What, nephew, said the king, is the wind in that door?

— Thomas Malory

This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself.…

— William Shakespeare

“ The War Sonnets: V . The Soldier If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign…

— Rupert Brooke

“-in New York, a cat could look at a king. Hell, a cat could get himself elected king. But in England, where people had…

— Laurie R. King

“Somewhere in the garden a nightingale was singing, and a little breeze touched her hair and stirred the leaves overhead. All the different bells…

— Philip Pullman

Our king went forth to Normandy, With grace and might of chivalry, The God for him wrought marvellously, Wherefore England may call and cry

— Deo Gratias Anglia Redde Pro Victoria

“O, let us pay the time but needful woe, Since it hath been beforehand with our griefs. This England never did, nor never shall,…

— William Shakespeare