Pale Wing Patch

Famous quotes containing the words pale, wing and/or patch:

    “O pale, pale now, those rosy lips,
    I aft hae kissed sae fondly;
    And closed for ay, the sparkling glance
    That dwalt on me sae kindly;
    And moldering now in silent dust
    That heart that lo’ed me dearly!”
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)

    “Ignorance is the curse of God,
    Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Whatever patch of limb
    he gazes on
    with unblinking eyes,
    I cover up
    but I want him to see it all anyway.”
    —Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)