The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

And ye were Martin Elginbrodde.
‘David Elginbrod’ (1863) bk. 1, ch. 13
They all were looking for a king
To slay their foes, and lift them high;
Thou cam’st, a little baby thing,
That made a woman cry.
‘That Holy Thing’
1.15 Ramsay MacDonald 1866-1937
We hear war called murder. It is not: it is suicide.
In ‘Observer’ 4 May 1930
Tomorrow every Duchess in London will be wanting to kiss me!
After forming the National Government, 25 August 1931; in Philip Viscount Snowden ‘An
Autobiography’ (1934) vol. 2, p. 957
1.16 A. G. MacDonell 1889—
England, their England.
Title of novel (1933).
1.17 William McGonagall c.1825-1902
Alas! Lord and Lady Dalhousie are dead, and buried at last,
Which causes many people to feel a little downcast.
‘The Death of Lord and Lady Dalhousie’
Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv’ry Tay!
Alas, I am very sorry to say
That ninety lives have been taken away
On the last Sabbath day of 1879,
Which will be remembered for a very long time.
‘The Tay Bridge Disaster’
1.18 Roger McGough 1937—
You will put on a dress of guilt
and shoes with broken high ideals.
‘Comeclose and Sleepnow’
Let me die a youngman’s death
Not a clean & in-between—
The-sheets, holy-water death,
Not a famous-last-words
Peaceful out-of-breath death.
‘Let Me Die a Youngman’s Death’ (1967)