Afar

Famous quotes containing the word afar:

“A person far from home is not valued highly, but goods imported from afar are.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Forty years on, when afar and asunder Parted are those who are singing today.”
—E.E. Bowen (1836–1901)

“Bid a strong ghost stand at the head
That my Michael may sleep sound,
Nor cry, not turn in the bed
Till his morning meal come round;
And may departing twilight keep
All dread afar till morning’s back....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)