Flames

Famous quotes containing the word flames:

“As flames do work and wind when they ascend,
So did I weave myself into the sense.”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)

“All praise of the hawk on fire in hawk-eyed dusk be sung,
When his viperish fuse hangs looped with flames under the brand
Wing, and blest shall
Young
Green chickens of the bay and bushes cluck, “dilly dilly,
Come let us die.””
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

“For while my former flames remain within,
Repentance is but want of power to sin.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)