Die Roll

Famous quotes containing the words die and/or roll:

    “Yet, to the empty trapeze of your flesh,
    O Magdalene, each comes back to die alone.
    Then you, the burlesque of our lust—and faith,
    Lug us back lifeward—bone by infant bone.”
    —Hart Crane (1899–1932)

    ““Courage!” he said, and pointed toward the land,
    “This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon.”
    In the afternoon they came unto a land
    In which it seemed always afternoon.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)