Black Silk Gown

Famous quotes containing the words black, silk and/or gown:

    “There are three kinds of people:
    White people, Colored people
    and Black people.”
    —Peter Abrahams (b. 1919)

    “Come, let me sing into your ear;
    Those dancing days are gone,
    All that silk and satin gear;
    Crouch upon a stone,
    Wrapping that foul body up
    In as foul a rag....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Mr. Doctor, that loose gown becomes you so well I wonder your notions should be so narrow.”
    —Elizabeth I (1533–1603)