Lesser

Famous quotes containing the word lesser:

“Earth in beauty dressed
Awaits returning spring.
All true love must die,
Alter at the best
Into some lesser thing.
Prove that I lie.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“I think there’s never a man in Christendom
Can lesser hide his love or hate than he,
For by his face straight shall you know his heart.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Midnight has come and the great Christ Church bell
And many a lesser bell sound through the room;
And it is All Souls’ Night.
And two long glasses brimmed with muscatel
Bubble upon the table. A ghost may come;
For it is a ghost’s right....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)