“Set in this stormy Northern sea, Queen of these restless fields of tide, England! what shall men say of thee, Before whose feet the worlds divide?” MenWorldSeaFeetFieldsEnglandTheeQueensDividesTidesRestlessStormy Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Poems and poems in prose Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Poems and poems in prose
“From the foot of the pyramids I contemplate twenty centuries, buried in the sand. ... I came here to hold on to fleeting life, and I see all about me only death. ... I write this, not quite knowing what I'm saying, but I dry the ink with the dust of Egyptian queens.” WritingKnowingFeetCenturyTwentiesDustQueensDrySandBuriedContemplatingFleetingInkPyramidsEgyptianFleeting Life Author:Rachel
“And thus Snow White became the prince's bride. The wicked queen was invited to the wedding feast and when she arrived there were red-hot iron shoes, in the manner of red-hot roller skates, clamped upon her feet.” WhiteMarriageFeetRedHotShoesSnowQueensWickedIronInvitedBridesSkatesSnow WhiteRed Hot Book:Transformations Source: Transformations
“In the drawing room [of the Queen's palace] hung a Venus and Cupid by Michaelangelo, in which, instead of a bit of drapery, the painter has placed Cupid's foot between Venus's thighs. Queen Caroline asked General Guise, an old connoisseur, if it was not a very fine piece? He replied "Madam, the painter was a fool, for he has placed the foot where the hand should be.” IfsShouldHandsBitsRoomsPiecesFeetFineFoolDrawingPainterQueensHungPalacesThighsVenusGuiseCupidObscenityConnoisseur Author:Horace Walpole
“O, the mulberry-tree is of trees the queen! Bare long after the rest are green; But as the time steals onwards, while none perceives Slowly she clothes herself with leaves-- Hides her fruit under them, hard to find. . . . . But by and by, when the flowers grow few And the fruits are dwindling and small to view-- Out she comes in her matron grace With the purple myriads of her race; Full of plenty from root to crown, Showering plenty her feet adown. While far over head hang gorgeously Large luscious berries of sanguine dye, For the best grows highest, always highest, Upon the mulberry-tree.” LongHardGrowsViewsRaceGraceTreeFeetFlowerClothesHighestRootsGreenFruitStealingPlentyPerceiveQueensCrownsPurpleBerriesSanguineMulberry Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
“Can I tell you who is the most important fashion icon in the world? Queen Elizabeth of England. Think about that. She has never put her foot anywhere wrong and always looks fantastic.” ThinkingWorldLooksImportantFeetFashionEnglandFantasticQueensIconsFashion IconQueen Elizabeth Author:Carolina Herrera