Scarlet Letter

Famous quotes containing the words scarlet and/or letter:

    “when I see the beauty of your face,
    Ye been so scarlet red about your eyen,
    It maketh all my dreade for to dyen;”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “Come up from the fields father, here’s a letter from our Pete,
    And come to the front door mother, here’s a letter from thy dear
    son.”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)