Famous quotes containing the word gates:
“Human life, old and young, takes place between hope and remembrance. The young man sees all the gates to his desires open, and the old man remembershis hopes.”
—Franz Grillparzer (17911872)
“Theres freedom at thy gates and rest
For Earths downtrodden and oppressed,”
—William Cullen Bryant (17941878)
“Weve cracked the hemispheres with careless hand!
Now, from the Gates of Hercules we flood
Westward, westward till the barbarous brine
Whelms us to the tired world where tasseling corn,
Fat beans, grapes sweeter than muscadine
Rot on the vine: in the land were we born.”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
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