Breath

Famous quotes containing the word breath:

“O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being,
Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead
Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,
Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,
Pestilence-stricken multitudes.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

“What childishness is it that while there’s breath of life
in our bodies, we are determined to rush
to see the sun the other way around?”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)