Heavens

Famous quotes containing the word heavens:

    “We were soon in the smooth water of the Quakish Lake,... and we had our first, but a partial view of Ktaadn, its summit veiled in clouds, like a dark isthmus in that quarter, connecting the heavens with the earth.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm XIX (l. XIX, 1)

    “The heavens hold firm
    The walls of thy dear honor; keep unshaked
    That temple, thy fair mind, that thou mayst stand
    T’ enjoy thy banished lord and this great land!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)