Dire Straits Mark

Famous quotes containing the words dire, straits and/or mark:

    “Was none who would be foremost
    To lead such dire attack;
    But those behind cried “Forward!”
    And those before cried “Back!””
    —Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)

    “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)

    “I pray that Allah may be moved
    To drop sleep on her eyes because she loved.”
    —Unknown. The Thousand and One Nights.

    AWP. Anthology of World Poetry, An. Mark Van Doren, ed. (Rev. and enl. Ed., 1936)