Darkening

Famous quotes containing the word darkening:

“And one rose in a tent of sea and gave
A darkening shudder; water fell away;
The whale stood shining, and then sank in spray.”
—Yvor Winters (1900–1968)

“One man walking a deserted platform;
Dawn coming, and rain
Driving across a darkening autumn....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“And crossed the dark defile at last, and found
At Roncevaux upon the darkening plain
The dead against the dead and on the silent ground
The silent slain—”
—Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)