Hourly Fast East

Famous quotes containing the words hourly, fast and/or east:

    be a while our guests:
    For stars, gaze on our eyes.
    The compass love shall hourly sing,
    And as he goes about the ring,
    We will not miss
    To tell each point he nameth with a kiss.
    William Browne (1591–1643)

    For men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp is left, become a massive, sick Thing whose sheer weight is used ruthlessly by ambitious men. Here is the real enemy of the people: our own selves dehumanized into “the masses.” And where is the David who can slay this giant?
    Lillian Smith (1897–1966)

    Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee;
    And was the safeguard of the West:
    William Wordsworth (1770–1850)