Tempered Brass

Famous quotes containing the words tempered and/or brass:

    Never durst poet touch a pen to write
    Until his ink were tempered with love’s sighs.
    O then his lines would ravish savage ears,
    And plant in tyrants mild humility.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    no little brass rollers
    and small easy wheels on the bottom—
    my townspeople what are you thinking of!
    A rough plain hearse then
    with gilt wheels and no top at all.
    William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)