Gray

Famous quotes containing the word gray:

“‘Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!
Confusion on thy banners wait,”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)

“No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.”
—Propertius Sextus (c. 50–16 B.C.)

“Old and abandoned by each venal friend,
Here H[olland] took the pious resolution
To smuggle some few years and strive to mend
A broken character and constitution.”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)