Gilt Silver

Famous quotes containing the words gilt and/or silver:

    “In that November off Tehuantepec,
    The slopping of the sea grew still one night
    And in the morning summer hued the deck

    And made one think of rosy chocolate
    And gilt umbrellas.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Seine and Piave are silver spoons,
    But the spoonbowl-metal is thin and worn,”
    —Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)