Famous quotes containing the words open, sea and/or fleet:
“When strawberries go begging, and the sleek
Blue plums lie open to the blackbirds beak,
We shall live wellwe shall live very well.”
—Elinor Wylie (18851928)
“They went to sea in a Sieve, they did,
In a Sieve they went to sea:
In spite of all their friends could say,
On a winters morn, on a stormy day,”
—Edward Lear (18121888)
“Believe me, if all those endearing young charms,
Which I gaze on so fondly today,
Were to change by tomorrow, and fleet in my arms,
Like fairy-gifts fading away.”
—Thomas Moore (17791852)