Small Black Powder

Famous quotes containing the words small, black and/or powder:

    “Little Jesus, wast Thou shy
    Once, and just so small as I?
    And what did it feel like to be
    Out of Heaven, and just like me?”
    —Francis Thompson (1859–1907)

    “Standing to America, bringing home
    black gold, black ivory, black seed.”
    —Robert Earl Hayden (1913–1980)

    “We are powerless,
    dust and powder fill our lungs
    our bodies blunder
    through doors twisted on hinges.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)