Curtains

Famous quotes containing the word curtains:

“O Time the fatal wrack of mortal things,
That draws oblivion’s curtains over kings;”
—Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672)

“The fringèd curtains of thine eye advance,
And say what thou seest yond.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“The President has apples on the table
And barefoot servants round him, who adjust
The curtains to a metaphysical t
And the banners of the nation flutter, burst
On the flag-poles in a red-blue dazzle, whack
At the halyards.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)