Eyelids

Famous quotes containing the word eyelids:

    he lay down with those strange women, his face in the alley,
    One shoe off, cinders in his mouth, his eyelids heavy.
    When they shouted questions at him, he talked back to nobody.
    David Wagoner (b. 1926)

    I only know that a rook
    Ordering its black feathers can so shine
    As to seize me senses, haul
    My eyelids up, and grant

    A brief respite from fear
    Of total neutrality.
    Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    There is sweet music here that softer falls
    Than petals from blown roses on the grass,
    Or night-dews on still waters between walls
    Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass;
    Music that gentlier on the spirit lies,
    Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes;
    Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies.
    Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)