Lifts

Famous quotes containing the word lifts:

“She lifts the shadows from my blackest griefs, and makes even my darkest days serene ones.”
—Jean Racine (1639–1699)

“In vain to me the smiling Mornings shine,
And redd’ning Phoebus lifts his golden Fire:
The Birds in vain their amorous Descant join;
Or cheerful Fields resume their green Attire:”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)

“a strange being leans over her
and lifts her chin firmly
and gazes at her with executioner’s eyes.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)