Black Stuff Gown

Famous quotes containing the words black, stuff and/or gown:

    “O black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire?”
    —James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)

    “Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.”
    —Shirley Conran (b. 1932)

    “Give me my scallop-shell of quiet,
    My staff of faith to walk upon,
    My scrip of joy, immortal diet,
    My bottle of salvation,
    My gown of glory, hope’s true gage,
    And thus I’ll take my pilgrimage.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)