White Mantle

Famous quotes containing the words white and/or mantle:

    “Child, the current of your breath is six days long.
    You lie, a small knuckle on my white bed;
    lie, fisted like a snail, so small and strong
    at my breast. Your lips are animals; you are fed
    with love.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “But look, the morn in russet mantle clad
    Walks o’er the dew of yon high eastward hill.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)