Day of Atonement

Famous quotes containing the words day of, day and/or atonement:

    The mercury sank in the mouth of the dying day.
    What instruments we have agree
    The day of his death was a dark cold day.
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)

    Our little systems have their day;
    They have their day and cease to be:
    They are but broken lights of thee,
    And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
    Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?
    Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)