Sweet

Famous quotes containing the word sweet:

“When one by one our ties are torn,
And friend from friend is snatched forlorn;
When man is left alone to mourn,
Oh! then how sweet it is to die!”
—Anna Letitia (Aikin)

“Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.”
—James Shirley (1596–1666)

“A face peered. All the grey night
In chaos of vacancy shone;
Naught but vast sorrow was there—
The sweet cheat gone.”
—Walter De La Mare (1873–1956)