Phoenix Left

Famous quotes containing the words phoenix and/or left:

    “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)

    “Summer set lip to earth’s bosom bare
    And left the flushed print in a poppy there.”
    —Francis Thompson (1859–1907)