Dry Measures

Famous quotes containing the words dry and/or measures:

    Waters above! Eternal springs!
    The dew that silvers the Dove’s wings!
    O welcome, welcome to the sad:
    Give dry dust drink, drink that makes glad!
    Many fair ev’nings, many flow’rs
    Sweetened with rich and gentle showers,
    Have I enjoyed,
    Henry Vaughan (1622–1695)

    The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)