Famous quotes containing the word ashes:
“But he though blind of sight,
Despisd and thought extinguisht quite,
With inward eyes illuminated
His fierie vertue rouzd
From under ashes into sudden flame,
And as an evning Dragon came,”
—John Milton (16081674)
“Whom I most hated living, thou hast made me
With thy religious truth and modesty,
Now in his ashes honor.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“Man is no starre, but a quick coal
Of mortall fire:
Who blows it not, nor doth controll
A faint desire,
Lets his own ashes choke his soul.”
—George Herbert (15931633)
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