Phoenix Desert Dogs

Famous quotes containing the words phoenix, desert and/or dogs:

    “A phoenix it is
    This hearse that must bless
    With aromatic gums
    That cost great sums,
    The way of thurification
    To make a fumigation,
    Sweet of reflare,
    And redolent of air,”
    —John Skelton (1460?–1529)

    “This ripe rebuke, this burgeoning affluence
    Mocks me and mocks the desert of my bed.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “Hear me, auld Hangie, for a wee,
    An’ let poor, damned bodies bee;
    I’m sure sma’ pleasure it can gie,
    Ev’n to a deil,
    To skelp an’ scaud poor dogs like me,
    An’ hear us squeel!”
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)