Lifts

Famous quotes containing the word lifts:

“A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

“Where the slow river
meets the tide,
a red swan lifts red wings
and darker beak.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“In vain to me the smiling Mornings shine,
And redd’ning Phoebus lifts his golden Fire:
The Birds in vain their amorous Descant join;
Or cheerful Fields resume their green Attire:”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)