Black Stuff Gown

Famous quotes containing the words black, stuff and/or gown:

    “I am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Song of Solomon 1:5.

    “From far, from eve and morning
    And yon twelve-winded sky,
    The stuff of life to knit me
    Blew hither: here am I.”
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    “Give me my scallop-shell of quiet,
    My staff of faith to walk upon,
    My scrip of joy, immortal diet,
    My bottle of salvation,
    My gown of glory, hope’s true gage,
    And thus I’ll take my pilgrimage.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)