Swallows

Famous quotes containing the word swallows:

    “we stand on the shore
    loving its pulse
    as it swallows the stars,
    and has since it all began
    and will continue into oblivion,
    past our knowing....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Work—work—work,
    In the dull December light,
    And work—work—work,
    When the weather is warm and bright—
    While underneath the eaves
    The brooding swallows cling
    As if to show me their sunny backs
    And twit me with the spring.”
    —Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

    “At a wavering instant the swallows gave way to bats
    By the Ponte Vecchio . . .
    Changing guard.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)