Incense Seal Clocks

Famous quotes containing the words incense, seal and/or clocks:

    “Flies, acolytes
    of the death-in-life temple
    buzz their prayers
    and from the altar
    of excrement arises
    an incense ...”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed “the white slaves of the North,” for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair.”
    —Angelina Grimké (1805–1879)

    “all the clocks in the city
    Began to whirr and chime:
    “O let not Time deceive you,
    You cannot conquer Time.”
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)