Summon

Famous quotes containing the word summon:

    “Therefore I summon age
    To grant youth’s heritage,
    Life’s struggle having so far reached its term:”
    —Robert Browning (1812–1889)

    “I summon to the winding ancient stair;
    Set all your mind upon the steep ascent,”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “No great inner event befalls those who summon it not.”
    —Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949)