Red Imported Fire

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

    “The dog-wood breaks white
    The pear-tree has caught
    The apple is a red blaze
    The peach has already withered its own leaves
    The wild plum-tree is alight.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “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)

    “You are no surer, no,
    Than is the coal of fire upon the ice,
    Or hailstone in the sun.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)