Wire Strung Harp

Famous quotes containing the words wire, strung and/or harp:

    “A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces
    More commonly it’s modeled of baling wire and acne.
    More commonly it wheezes and tips over.”
    —Marge Piercy (b. 1936)

    “Nodding, its great head rattling like a gourd,
    And locks like seaweed strung on the stinking stone,
    The nightmare stumbles past,”
    —Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)

    “Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
    No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
    O may my heart in tune be found
    Like David’s harp of solemn sound.”
    —Isaac Watts (1674–1748)