Lustre

Famous quotes containing the word lustre:

“A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no lustre as you turn it in your hand, until you come to a particular angle; then it shows deep and beautiful colors.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“In that whiter Island, where
Things are evermore sincere;
Candor here, and lustre there
Delighting:”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

“After a lustre of the moon, we say
We have not the need of any paradise,
We have not the need of any seducing hymn.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)