Black Sparrow

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or sparrow:

“The body is no body to be seen
But is an eye that studies its black lid.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

“A sparrow enters the tree,
Whereon immediately
A snow lump thrice his own slight size
Descends on him and showers his head and eyes,
And overturns him,”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)