Holy Ghost

Famous quotes containing the words holy and/or ghost:

    Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God, and in the face of this congregation, to join together this Man and this Woman in holy Matrimony.
    Book Of Common Prayer, The. Solemnization of Matrimony, “Exhortation,” (1662)

    “The work is done,” grown old he thought,
    “According to my boyish plan;
    Let the fools rage, I swerved in nought,
    Something to perfection brought;”
    But louder sang that ghost “What then?”
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)