Darkling Plain

Famous quotes containing the words darkling plain, darkling and/or plain:

    “And we are here as on a darkling plain
    Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
    Where ignorant armies clash by night.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    “And we are here as on a darkling plain
    Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
    Where ignorant armies clash by night.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    “Any defeat, however trivial, may be fatal to a savior of the plain people. They never admire a messiah with a bloody nose.”
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)