Knee Skirts

Famous quotes containing the words knee skirts, knee and/or skirts:

    “Coal-black maidens with pearls in their hair,
    Knee skirts trimmed with the jassamine sweet,
    And bells on their ankles and little black feet.”
    —Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)

    “Gold? Yellow, glittering, precious gold?
    ...
    This yellow slave
    Will knit and break religions, bless th’ accursed,
    Make the hoar leprosy adored, place thieves,
    And give them title, knee and approbation
    With senators on the bench.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “I heard the trailing garments of the Night
    Sweep through her marble halls!
    I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light
    From the celestial walls!”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)