Fleet

Famous quotes containing the word fleet:

“They ... fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“A city on th’ inconstant billows dancing;
For so appears this fleet majestical.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“On the middle of that quiet floor
sits a fleet of small black ships,
square-rigged, sails furled, motionless,
their spars like burned matchsticks.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)