Angels

Famous quotes containing the word angels:

    “The angels are so enamored of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The guided missiles,
    The black-and-white angels follow each quirk and jink of
    The evasive sheep, play grandmother’s-steps behind them,
    Freeze to the ground, or leap to head off a straggler”
    —Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

    “And about her courts were seen
    Liveried angels robed in green,
    Wearing, by St Patrick’s bounty,
    Emeralds big as half the county.”
    —Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)