Flies

Famous quotes containing the word flies:

“Small, black, as flies hanging in heat, the Boys,
Until the distance throws them forth, their hum
Bulges to thunder held by calf and thigh.”
—Thom Gunn (b. 1929)

“I have desired to go
Where springs not fail,
To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail
And a few lilies blow.”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)

“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods,
They kill us for their sport.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)