Famous quotes containing the word lustre:
“How much on outward show does all depend,
If virtues from within no lustre lend!
Strip off th’externals M and Y, the rest
Proves Majesty itself is but a Jest.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“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)
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