Star Spangled War

Famous quotes containing the words star, spangled and/or war:

    “A star was broken
    Into the centuries of the child
    Myselves grieve now, and miracles cannot atone.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “Bare night is best. Bare earth is best. Bare, bare,
    Except for our own houses, huddled low
    Beneath the arches and their spangled air,
    Beneath the rhapsodies of fire and fire,
    Where the voice that is in us makes a true response....”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “It is well that war is so terrible: we would grow too fond of it!”
    —Robert E. Lee (1807–1870)