Spectre Called

Famous quotes containing the words spectre and/or called:

    “The acorn’s not yet
    Fallen from the tree
    That’s to grow the wood,
    That’s to make the cradle,
    That’s to rock the bairn,
    That’s to grow a man,
    That’s to lay me.”
    —Unknown. The Cauld Lad of Hilton or, The Wandering Spectre (l. 2–8)

    “A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)