Famous quotes containing the words fire, giant and/or king:
“The days at end and theres nowhere to go,
Draw to the fire, even this fire is dying;
Get up and once again politely lying
Invite the ladies toward the mistletoe....”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
“Haze, char, and the weather of All Souls:
A giant absence mopes upon the trees:”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)
“Not Solomon, for all his wit,
Nor Samson, though he were so strong,
No king nor person ever yet
Could scape, but death laid him along:”
—Robert Southwell (1561?1595)