Forgotten

Famous quotes containing the word forgotten:

    “A box of teak, a box of sandalwood,
    A brass-ringed spyglass in a case,
    A coin, leaf-thin with many polishings,
    Last kingdom of a gold forgotten face,
    These lie about the room....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Victorious men of earth, no more
    Proclaim how wide your empires are;
    Though you bind in every shore
    And your triumphs reach as far
    As night or day,
    Yet you, proud monarchs, must obey
    And mingle with forgotten ashes, when
    Death calls ye to the crowd of common men.”
    —James Shirley (1596–1666)

    “We linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they are half forgotten ere we have learned the language.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)