Burning

Famous quotes containing the word burning:

“us burning plains,
Bristled with cities, us the sea received.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

“He is keeping a candle burning in a shrine
where nobody comes,
there must be some mystery
in the air
about him.
I am almost afraid to think to myself,
why,
he is there.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“The host is rushing ‘twixt night and day,
And where is there hope or deed as fair?
Caoilte tossing his burning hair,
And Niamh calling Away, come away.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)