Famous quotes containing the words wan, island and/or resort:
“With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climbst the skies;
How silently, and with how wan a face.”
—Sir Philip Sidney (15541586)
“The island dreams under the dawn
And great boughs drop tranquillity;
The peahens dance on a smooth lawn,
A parrot sways upon a tree,
Raging at his own image in the enamelled sea.”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
“The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.”
—Victor Hugo (18021885)
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