Tomb Sweeping Day

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

    “But thou, O King, I bid remember me, unwept, unburied,
    “Heap up mine arms, be tomb by sea-bord, and inscribed:
    “A man of no fortune, and with a name to come.
    Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    The Sweeping up the Heart
    And putting Love away
    We shall not want to use again
    Until Eternity.
    Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    ... the whole day to live through,
    steadfast, deep, interior.
    After the death,
    after the black of black,
    this lightness
    not to die, not die....
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)