Prophetic

Famous quotes containing the word prophetic:

    “‘Tis not to see the world
    As from a height, with rapt prophetic eyes,
    And heart profoundly stirred;
    And weep, and feel the fullness of the past,
    The years that are not more.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    “Ghost. The serpent that did sting thy father’s life
    Now wears his crown.
    Hamlet. O my prophetic soul!
    My uncle?
    Ghost. Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “But though Heaven made him poor, with reverence speaking,
    He never was a poet of God’s making;
    The midwife laid her hand on his thick skull,
    With this prophetic blessing—Be thou dull;”
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)