Rise

Famous quotes containing the word rise:

“And now you try
Your handful of notes;
The clear vowels rise like balloons.”
—Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

“From this fat dungeon I could rise to skin
And human title, putting pig within.”
—Thom Gunn (b. 1929)

“I rise in the dawn, and I kneel and blow
Till the seed of the fire flicker and glow;
And then I must scrub and bake and sweep
Till the stars are beginning to blink and peep;
And the young lie long and dream in their bed....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)