Tomb Sweeping Day

Famous quotes containing the words tomb, sweeping and/or day:

    A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.
    Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946)

    I climb to the tower-top and lean upon broken stone,
    A mist that is like blown snow is sweeping over all,
    Valley, river, and elms, under the light of a moon
    That seems unlike itself, that seems unchangeable,
    A glittering sword out of the east.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Boundless in your charity, but shrewd and cautious as a lender, you delight all those today whom you made beggars the day before.
    Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)