Pale Wing Patch

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

    “Why so pale and wan, fond lover
    Prithee, why so pale?”
    —Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)

    “Thou art a beaten dog beneath the hail,
    A swollen magpie in a fitful sun,
    Half black half white
    Nor knowst’ou wing from tail
    Pull down thy vanity
    How mean thy hates”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    “Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
    Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
    O that that earth which kept the world in awe
    Should patch a wall t’expel the winter’s flaw!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)