Day of Atonement

Famous quotes containing the words day and/or atonement:

    Light thickens, and the crow
    Makes wing to th’ rooky wood.
    Good things of day begin to droop and drowse,
    Whiles night’s black agents to their preys do rouse.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

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