HMS Black Swan

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or swan:

“Thou turn’st my eyes into my very soul,
And there I see such black and grained spots
As will not leave their tinct.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Love that had robbed us of immortal things,
This little moment mercifully gave,
Where I have seen across the twilight wave
The swan sail with her young beneath her wings.”
—George Meredith (1828–1909)