Rises

Famous quotes containing the word rises:

“Now night perfumes lie upon the air,
As rests the blossom on the loaded bough;
And each deep-drawn breath is redolent
Of all the folded flowers’ mingled scent
That rises in confused rapture now.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“There is no odor so bad as that which rises from goodness tainted. It is human, it is divine carrion.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Military glory—the attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)