Famous quotes containing the words dire, straits and/or mark:
“Speak, then, my Beauty, to this dire putrescence,
To the worm that shall kiss your proud estate,
That I have kept the divine form and the essence
Of my festered loves inviolate!”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“Yes! in sea of life enisled,
With echoing straits between us thrown,
Dotting the shoreless watery wild,
We mortal millions live alone.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
“And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.””
—Bible: New Testament, Mark 1:11.
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