Ancient Silk Road

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

“I summon to the winding ancient stair;
Set all your mind upon the steep ascent,”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“O bid me mount and sail up there
Amid the cloudy wrack,
For Peg and Meg and Paris’ love
That had so straight a back,
Are gone away, and some that stay
Have changed their silk for sack.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)