Byzantine Left Wing

Famous quotes containing the words left and/or wing:

“Ae spring brought off her master hale,
But left behind her ain grey tail:”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)

“the uncomfortable angels that rot
On the slabs, a wing chipped here, an arm there:
The brute curiosity of an angel’s stare
Turns you, like them, to stone....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)