Tomb Sweeping Day

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

    She hears, upon that water without sound,
    A voice that cries, “The tomb in Palestine
    Is not the porch of spirits lingering.
    It is the grave of Jesus, where he lay.”
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    —‘I wish I had feathers, a fine sweeping gown,
    And a delicate face, and could strut about Town!’—
    ‘My dear—a raw country girl, such as you be,
    Cannot quite expect that. You ain’t ruined,’ said she.
    Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    Life is the lust of a lamp for the light that is dark till the dawn
    of the day when we die.
    —A.C. (Algernon Charles)