William Alfred Moore

Famous quotes containing the words william and/or moore:

    Before we shall again behold
    In his diurnal race the world’s great eye,
    We may as silent be and cold
    As are the shades where buried lovers lie.
    —Sir William Davenant (1606–1668)

    O to be a dragon
    a symbol of the power of Heaven—of silkworm
    size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon!
    —Marianne Moore (1887–1972)