Red Banner Orders

Famous quotes containing the words red, banner and/or orders:

    Let’s face it, I have been momentary.
    A luxury. A bright red sloop in the harbor,
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    The broken pillar of the wing jags from the clotted shoulder,
    The wing trails like a banner in defeat,
    Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)

    He was thoughtful and grave—but the orders he gave
    Were enough to bewilder a crew.
    When he cried “Steer to starboard, but keep her head larboard!”
    What on earth was the helmsman to do?
    Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)