Burning

Famous quotes containing the word burning:

    “Death is the mother of beauty, mystical,
    Within whose burning bosom we devise
    Our earthly mothers waiting, sleeplessly.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Bring me my Bow of burning gold:
    Bring me my Arrows of desire:
    Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
    Bring me my Chariot of fire!

    I will not cease from Mental Fight,
    Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand,
    Till we have built Jerusalem
    In England’s green & pleasant Land.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “The boy stood on the burning deck
    Whence all but he had fled.”
    —Felicia Hemans (1793–1835)