Indistinct Pale Fringes

Famous quotes containing the words indistinct, pale and/or fringes:

    That is a pathetic inquiry among travelers and geographers after the site of ancient Troy. It is not near where they think it is. When a thing is decayed and gone, how indistinct must be the place it occupied!
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    You there, I here,
    With just the door ajar
    That oceans are,
    And prayer,
    And that pale sustenance,
    Despair!
    Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    Nature seemed to have adorned herself for our departure with a profusion of fringes and curls, mingled with the bright tints of flowers, reflected in the water. But we missed the white water-lily, which is the queen of river flowers, its reign being over for this season.... Many of this species inhabit our Concord water.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)