Wind Axes

Famous quotes containing the words wind and/or axes:

    “The wind flapped loose, the wind was still,
    Shaken out dead from tree and hill:
    I had walked on at the wind’s will,—
    I sat now, for the wind was still.”
    —Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)

    “Henothing common did, or mean,
    Upon the memorable Scene:
    But with his keener Eye
    The Axes edge did try:”
    —Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)