Dire Straits Mark

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

    “What dire offence from am’rous causes springs,
    What mighty contests rise from trivial things,
    I sing—”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “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)

    “Your mouth, dear child, is envied of the bees.”
    —Unknown. The Thousand and One Nights.

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