What is drake?

Famous quotes containing the word drake:

“Forever float that standard sheet!
Where breathes the foe but falls before us,
With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet,
And Freedom’s banner streaming o’er us!”
—Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)

“Believe me, if a man doesn’t know death, he doesn’t know life.”
—William A. Drake (1900–1965)

“The advantage of time and place in all practical actions is half a victory; which being lost is irrecoverable.”
—Francis, Sir Drake (1540–1596)