“Give me a flagon of red wine, a book of verses, a loaf of bread, and a little idleness. If with such store I might sit by thy dear side in some lonely place, I should deem myself happier than a king in his kingdom.” IfsGivingShouldLittlesBookMightSidesKingsRedLonelyGive MeWineDearStoresKingdomsBreadVersesIdlenessRed WineLonely Places Book:Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Source: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
“Look not thou on beauty's charming; Sit thou still when kings are arming; Taste not when the wine-cup glistens; Speak not when the people listens” PeopleLooksStillsSpeakKingsTasteWineCupsCharmingTactGlisten Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“The king can drink the best of wine -So can I;And has enough when he would dine -So have I;And can not order rain or shine -Nor can I.Then where's the difference - let me see -Betwixt my lord the king and me?” EnoughOrderDifferencesLordKingsDrinkRainLet MeWineShiningCan NotDineRain Or Shine Author:Charles Mackay
“If anybody would make me the greatest king that ever lived, with palaces, and gardens and fine dinners, and wine, and coaches, and beautiful clothes, and hundreds of servants, on condition that I would not read books, I would not be a king.” IfsBookBeautifulConditionsFineKingsClothesGardenWineDinnerCoachesServantPalacesBeautiful Clothes Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“[I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole world about Roland left to know. I've got questions. He'd have answers. So pour him a glass of wine.” KnowsWorldWholeCharacterLeftDarkAnswersFiveKingsWineSeriesGlassesWhole WorldInvitesTowersWine GlassFictional CharacterDark TowerDark Tower SeriesRoland DeschainDeschain Author:Megan Chance
“His brow is seamed with line and scar; His cheek is red and dark as wine; The fires as of a Northern star Beneath his cap of sable shine. His right hand, bared of leathern glove, Hangs open like an iron gin, You stoop to see his pulses move, To hear the blood sweep out and in. He looks some king, so solitary In earnest thought he seems to stand, As if across a lonely sea He gazed impatient of the land. Out of the noisy centuries The foolish and the fearful fade; Yet burn unquenched these warrior eyes, Time hath not dimmed, nor death dismayed.” IfsLooksHandsSeemsEyeMovingStarsLinesDarkFireBloodSeaLandCenturyKingsRedLonelyWineShiningFoolishWarriorIronScarFearfulFadesCheeksSolitaryEarnestPulseImpatientCapsGlovesBrowsNoisyGinStoopsDismayedNorthern Star Book:Collected Poems, 1901-1918 Source: Collected Poems, 1901-1918