Phoenix Missiles

Famous quotes containing the words phoenix and/or missiles:

    “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)

    “Our missiles always make too short an arc:
    They fall, they rip the grass, they intersect
    The curve of earth, and striking, break their own;”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)