Ancient Silk Road

Famous quotes containing the words ancient, silk and/or road:

    “Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days!
    Come near me, while I sing the ancient ways:
    ”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Come, let me sing into your ear;
    Those dancing days are gone,
    All that silk and satin gear;
    Crouch upon a stone,
    Wrapping that foul body up
    In as foul a rag....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “And this shall be for music when no one else is near,
    The fine song for singing, the rare song to hear!
    That only I remember, that only you admire,
    Of the broad road that stretches and the roadside fire.”
    —Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)