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Famous quotes containing the words lady and/or pleasure:

    But Lancelot mused a little space;
    He said, “She has a lovely face;
    God in his mercy lend her grace,
    The Lady of Shalott.”
    Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    Now shall my inward joys arise,
    And burst into a song;
    Almighty love inspires my heart,
    And pleasure tunes my tongue.
    Isaac Watts (1674–1748)