Wylie

Famous quotes containing the word wylie:

“If you would keep your soul
From spotted sight or sound,
Live like the velvet mole;
Go burrow underground.”
—Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)

“I was, being human, born alone;
I am, being woman, hard beset;
I live by squeezing from a stone
The little nourishment I get.”
—Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)

“The years go by in single file;
But none has merited my fear,
And none has quite escaped my smile.”
—Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)