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)