Wax Moths

Famous quotes containing the words wax and/or moths:

    Fowls in the frith,
    Fishes in the flood,
    And I must wax wod:
    Much sorrow I walk with
    For best of bone and blood.
    —Unknown. Fowls in the Frith. . .

    Oxford Book of Short Poems, The. P. J. Kavanagh and James Michie, eds. Oxford University Press.

    It was reported their singing resembled
    the flight of moths in moonlight.
    Who can say? It is silent now.
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)