Ben Day Dots

Famous quotes containing the words ben, day and/or dots:

“When long ago I saw her ride
Under Ben Bulben to the meet,
The beauty of her country-side
With all youth’s lonely wildness stirred,
She seemed to have grown clean and sweet
Like any rock-bred, sea-borne bird....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“Father who endest all,
Pity our broken sleep;
For we lie down with tears
And waken but to weep.”
—Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

“It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her i’s, to save ink.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)