Summon

Famous quotes containing the word summon:

“Therefore I summon age
To grant youth’s heritage,
Life’s struggle having so far reached its term:”
—Robert Browning (1812–1889)

“I summon to the winding ancient stair;
Set all your mind upon the steep ascent,”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“No great inner event befalls those who summon it not.”
—Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949)