Chimney Top Mountain

Famous quotes containing the words chimney, top and/or mountain:

    “By words, by voices, a lost way—
    And here above the chimney stack
    The unknown constellations sway—
    And by what way shall I go back?”
    —Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)

    “Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of the Law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.”
    —Francis Bacon (1561–1626)

    “‘Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,
    And robes the mountain in its azure hue.”
    —Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)