Flies

Famous quotes containing the word flies:

“The Tory camp is now in sight,
And there he cowers within his den;
He hears our shouts, he dreads the fight,
He fears, and flies from Marion’s men.”
—William Gilmore Simms (1806–1872)

“The flies swarmed on the putrid vulva, then
A black tumbling rout would seethe
Of maggots, thick like a torrent in a glen....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)

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