Ragged Kingdom

Famous quotes containing the words ragged and/or kingdom:

    “The feathers of the willow
    Are half of them grown yellow
    Above the swelling stream;
    And ragged are the bushes,
    And rusty now the rushes,
    And wild the clouded gleam.”
    —Richard Watson Dixon (1833–1900)

    “For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places: all this is but the beginning of the birth pangs.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Matthew 24:7,8.