Red Imported Fire

Famous quotes containing the words red, imported and/or fire:

    “I know a little garden-close
    Set thick with lily and red rose,
    Where I would wander if I might
    From dewy dawn to dewy night,”
    —William Morris (1834–1896)

    “If the jests that you crack have an orthodox smack,
    You may get a bland smile from these sages;
    But should it, by chance, be imported from France,
    Half-a-crown is stopped out of your wages!”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “These violent delights have violent ends,
    And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
    Which as they kiss consume.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)