Phoenix/ships

Famous quotes containing the words phoenix and/or ships:

    “A phoenix it is
    This hearse that must bless
    With aromatic gums
    That cost great sums,
    The way of thurification
    To make a fumigation,
    Sweet of reflare,
    And redolent of air,”
    —John Skelton (1460?–1529)

    “Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.”
    —Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873)