Tail Point Light

Famous quotes containing the words tail, point and/or light:

    “Dizzily down the abyss he wheels—
    So fell Darius. Upon his crown,
    In the midst of the barn-yard he came down,
    In a wonderful whirl of tangled strings,
    Broken braces and broken springs,
    Broken tail and broken wings,”
    —John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916)

    “I have come to a still, but not a deep center,
    A point outside the glittering current;
    My eyes stare at the bottom of a river,”
    —Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)

    “They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it’s night once more.”
    —Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)