Black Powder Charge

Famous quotes containing the words black, powder and/or charge:

    “I was only sitting here in my white study
    with the awful black words pushing me around.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “We are powerless,
    dust and powder fill our lungs
    our bodies blunder
    through doors twisted on hinges.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “To fight aloud is very brave,
    But gallanter I know,
    Who charge within the bosom
    The Cavalry of Woe.”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)