Approach Spans

Famous quotes containing the words approach and/or spans:

“This is an approach to that universal language which men have sought in vain.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“This is my playes last scene, here heavens appoint
My pilgrimages last mile; and my race
Idly, yet quickly runne, hath this last pace,
My spans last inch, my minutes last point,
And gluttonous death, will instantly unjoynt
My body, and soule, and I shall sleepe a space,”
—John Donne (1572–1631)