Pale

Famous quotes containing the word pale:

    “To that high Capital, where kingly Death
    Keeps his pale court in beauty and decay,
    He came.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    “Great is the art,
    Great be the manners, of the bard.
    He shall not his brain encumber
    With the coil of rhythm and number;
    But, leaving rule and pale forethought,
    He shall aye climb
    For his rhyme.
    “Pass in, pass in,” the angels say,”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner,
    And take to light claret instead of pale ale;
    Look down with an utter contempt upon butter,
    And never touch bread till it’s toasted—or stale”
    —H.S. (Henry Sambrooke)