George William Russell (1867–1935) Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter
The Nuts of Knowledge (1903)
“A long bow and a strong bow, and let the sky grow dark!
The cord to the nock, the shaft to the ear, and the king of Koth for a mark!”
Song of the Bossonian Archers
"The Scarlet Citadel" (1933)
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John Heywood (1497–1580) English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs
That much is my bow bent to shoot at these marks,
And kill fear, when the sky falls we shall have larks.
Part I, chapter 4.
Proverbs (1546)
“Thy fatal shafts unerring move,
I bow before thine altar, Love!”
Tobias Smollett book The Adventures of Roderick Random
The Adventures of Roderick Random (1848), Chapter xl, reported in Bartlett's Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Not in the time of pleasure
Hope doth set her bow;
But in the sky of sorrow,
Over the vale of woe.”
John Vance Cheney (1848–1922) American writer
The Century Vol. 44, Issue 4 (August 1892)
Tears (1892)
Context: Not in the time of pleasure
Hope doth set her bow;
But in the sky of sorrow,
Over the vale of woe. Through gloom and shadow look we
On beyond the years!
The soul would have no rainbow
Had the eyes no tears.
“Stand before your god, bow before your king, kneel before your man.”
Terry Pratchett book Lords and Ladies
Source: Lords and Ladies
“Get the bow going!
Let it scream to me:
Violin! Violin! Violin!”
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, Never for Ever (1980)
“Let others hail the rising sun:
I bow to that whose course is run.”
David Garrick (1717–1779) English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer
On the Death of Mr. Pelham. Compare: "Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun", Plutarch, Life of Pompey.
Francesco Berni (1497–1535) Italian poet
Un re, se vuole il suo debito fare,
Non e re veramente, ma fattore
Del popol che gli e dato a governare.
VIII, 8
Rifacimento of Orlando Innamorato