Cease

Famous quotes containing the word cease:

    “Bring me my Bow of burning gold:
    Bring me my Arrows of desire:
    Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
    Bring me my Chariot of fire!

    I will not cease from Mental Fight,
    Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand,
    Till we have built Jerusalem
    In England’s green & pleasant Land.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “I pray thee, cease thy counsel,
    Which falls into mine ears as profitless
    As water in a sieve.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “In honored poverty thy voice did weave
    Songs consecrate to truth and liberty;—
    Deserting these, thou leavest me to grieve,
    Thus having been, that thou shouldst cease to be.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)