Swelling

Famous quotes containing the word swelling:

“Things out of perfection sail
And all their swelling canvas wear....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“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)

“We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)