Stained

Famous quotes containing the word stained:

“And like a little beast,
Dappled and without horns,
That scampered on the hill-rocks,
They will leave you
With stained throat”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“A saint about to fall,
The stained flats of heaven hit and razed
To the kissed kite hems of his shawl....”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

“For often at Church I’ve seen the stained high glass
Pour out the Virgin and Saints, twist and untwist
The mortal youth of Christ astride an ass.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)