What is kate?

Famous quotes containing the word kate:

    “O slanderous world! Kate like the hazel twig
    Is straight and slender, and as brown in hue
    As hazelnuts, and sweeter than the kernels.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Truly, My Satan, thou art but a Dunce,
    And dost not know the Garment from the Man.
    Every Harlot was a Virgin once,
    Nor can’st thou ever change Kate into Nan.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)