Painted Veil

Famous quotes containing the words painted and/or veil:

“There must be real gods
see, the painted gods
how fair!”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“In such a night, when passing clouds give place,
Or thinly veil the heaven’s mysterious face;
When in some river, overhung with green,
The waving moon and trembling leaves are seen;”
—Anne Finch, Countess Of Winchilsea (1661–1720)