Pale Wing Patch

Famous quotes containing the words pale, wing and/or patch:

“A pale self-portrait looked out of the mirror with the serious eyes of all self-portraits.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“The wild touch of thy dye-dusty wing!
I found that wing broken today!”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“I sing a hero’s head, large eye
And bearded bronze, but not a man,

Although I patch him as I can
And reach through him almost to man.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)