Eastern Span

Famous quotes containing the words eastern and/or span:

    “And not by eastern windows only,
    When daylight comes, comes in the light;
    In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly!
    But westward, look, the land is bright!”
    —Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861)

    “Life’s brief span [vitae summa brevis] forbids us to enter on far-reaching hopes.”
    —Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)