Common Middle Eastern

Famous quotes containing the words common, middle and/or eastern:

“But neither milk-white rose nor red
May bloom in prison air;
The shard, the pebble, and the flint,
Are what they give us there:
For flowers have been known to heal
A common man’s despair.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“In the dead waste and middle of the night.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“See how from far upon the eastern road
The star-led Wizards haste with odours sweet . . .”
—John Milton (1608–1674)