Dire Straits Mark

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

    “An Austrian army, awfully array’d,
    Boldly by battery besiege Belgrade;
    Cossack commanders cannonading come,
    Deal devastation’s dire destructive doom;”
    —Alaric Alexander Watts (1797–1864)

    “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 as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Mark 4:4.