Long

Famous quotes containing the word long:

“At last now you can be
What the old cannot recall
And the young long for in dreams,
Yet still include them all.”
—Elizabeth Jennings (b. 1926)

“Now you rise,
a city from the sea,
born long before Alexandria was,
straightway from God you have come
into your redeeming skin.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“here in hell
We’re drinking tea from a Grecian Urn long after
Your Paphian Fanny let tubercles quell
Ethereal passion: I know it by your laughter!”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)