Darker

Famous quotes containing the word darker:

“Sun-girt City! thou hast been
Ocean’s child, and then his queen;
Now is come a darker day,
And thou soon must be his prey,”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

“I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes.
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.”
—Langston Hughes (1902–1967)

“Dark
days are past
and darker days draw near;
darkness on this side,
darkness over there
threatens the spirit.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)