Black Corded Silk

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or silk:

    “a long shot at long odds, a black mare
    By Hatred out of Envy by Despair.”
    —James Vincent Cunningham (1911–1985)

    “Come, let me sing into your ear;
    Those dancing days are gone,
    All that silk and satin gear;
    Crouch upon a stone,
    Wrapping that foul body up
    In as foul a rag....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)