Famous Quotes | At the next town
the local...

At the next town
the local princess was having a contest.
A common way for princesses to marry.
Fifty men had perished,
gargling the sea like soup.
- Anne Sexton
Attribution: Anne Sexton (1928–1974), U.S. poet. “The White Snake.”

Categories: Marriage, Royalty

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