Red Banner Air

Famous quotes containing the words red, banner and/or air:

    O land and soil, red soil and sweet-gum tree,
    So scant of grass, so profligate of pines,
    Jean Toomer (1894–1967)

    And before, with banner red,
    Through the blizzard snow unseen,
    All unharmed by hail of lead,
    With a step like snow so light,
    Showered in myriad pearls of snow.
    Crowned in wreath of roses white,
    Christ leads onward as they go.
    Alexander Blok (1880–1921)

    Having grown up in shade of Church and State
    Breathing the air of drawing-rooms and scent ...
    Philip Larkin (1922–1986)