Defeated Dark Air

Famous quotes containing the words defeated, dark and/or air:

    “With a defeated joy,
    With an auspicious, and a dropping eye,
    With mirth in funeral, and with dirge in marriage,
    In equal scale weighing delight and dole.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Later you hear it wander the dark house
    Like a mother who rises at night to seek a childhood picture;
    Or it goes to the backyard and stands like an old horse cold in the
    pasture.”
    —Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)

    “The air was clear. He seemed in ultimate peace

    Except that he had no eyes. Rigid and bright
    Upon the forehead, furred
    With a light frost, crouched an outrageous bird.”
    —Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)