Aged

Famous quotes containing the word aged:

    “An aged man is but a paltry thing,
    A tattered coat upon a stick,”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The hare grows old as she plays in the sun
    And gazes around her with eyes of brightness;
    Before the swift things that she dreamed of were done
    She limps along in an aged whiteness....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Pike, three inches long, perfect
    Pike in all parts, green tigering the gold.
    Killers from the egg: the malevolent aged grin.
    They dance on the surface among the flies.”
    —Ted Hughes (b. 1930)