Famous quotes containing the word gleaming:
“The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold:”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“I love and reverence the Word, the bearer of the spirit, the tool and gleaming ploughshare of progress.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)
“So, Anactoria, go you away
With what calm carelessness of sorrow!
Your gleaming footstep and your grace,
When comes another morrow,
Much would I rather then behold
Than Lydian cars or infantry.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)