Ancient Sea Kings

Famous quotes containing the words ancient, sea and/or kings:

    You are our surety to immortal life,
    God’s hatred of the universal stain—
    The heritage, O Fear, of ancient strife
    Compounded with the tissue of the vein.
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
    Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell
    And the profit and loss.
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    ...then he slept with his ancestors...
    Bible: Hebrew, 1 Kings 14:20.