Famous quotes containing the words ancient, silk and/or road:
“In ancient timestwas no great loss
They hung the thief upon the cross:
But now, alas!I sayt with grief
They hang the cross upon the thief.”
—Anonymous. On a Nomination to the Legion of Honour, from Aubrey Stewarts English Epigrams and Epitaphs (1897)
“Her fortune, too, lies there,
Converted into cool hard steel
And right red velvet lining;
While over her tan impassivity
Shot silk is shining.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding
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The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.”
—Alfred Noyes (18801958)
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