Present Day Eastern

Famous quotes containing the words present, day and/or eastern:

    “All questions rely on the present for their solution. Time measures nothing but itself. The word that is written may be postponed, but not that on the lip. If this is what the occasion says, let the occasion say it.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The day of fire is coming, the thrush
    will fly ablaze like a little sky rocket....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Your Beauty, ripe, and calm, and fresh,
    As Eastern Summers are,
    Must now, forsaking Time and Flesh,
    Add light to some small Star.”
    —Sir William Davenant (1606–1668)