I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls,
With vassals and serfs at my side.
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"I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls", The Bohemian Girl, Act 2. (c. 1841), set to music by Michael William Balfe.Alfred Bunn
I heard the trailing garments of the Night
Sweep through her marble halls!
I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light
From the celestial walls!Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Most bankers dwell in marble halls,
Which they get to dwell in because they encourage deposits and discourage withdrawals,
And particularly because they all observe one rule which woe betides the banker who fails to heed it,
Which is you must never lend any money to anybody unless they don't need it.Ogden Nash
Since at this time I was still very much in a quandary over religious faith, I placed my two opposing beliefs side by side, allowing each to state its case in its own way. In this manner, a virtual cease-fire could exist between my childhood piety and my newfound harsh rationalism. Thus, there are no neurotic complications between the knight and his vassals. Also, I infused the characters of Jof and Mia with something that was very important to me: the concept of the holiness of the human being. If you peel off the layers of various theologies, the holy always remains.
Ingmar Bergman
I dreamt that my hair was kempt.
Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.Ogden Nash
Oh, wonderful teacher! Oh, favored disciples! Oh, famous school — that built no marble halls, and collected no grand library, but turned all life into opportunity; made houses and streets and seaside and mountain-tops, places of discipline and recitation and delight! Oh, blest example — shining this day on the pages of history — our example, our dream, our desire!
John Heyl Vincent
Bunn, Alfred
Bunner, Henry Cuyler
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