North Stars Defeated

Famous quotes containing the words north, stars and/or defeated:

    “A brush had left a crooked stroke
    Of what was either cloud or smoke
    From north to south across the blue;
    A piercing little star was through.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Think not, Percy,
    To share with me in glory any more.
    Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Vanquished in life, his death
    By beauty made amends:
    The passing of his breath
    Won his defeated ends.”
    —Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867–1902)