Red Velvet Swing

Famous quotes containing the words red, velvet and/or swing:

    “And out of her bosom there grew a red rose
    And out of Lord Lovel’s a briar, briar, briar,
    And out of Lord Lovel’s a briar.”
    —Unknown. Lord Lovel (l. 38–40)

    “As if her velvet helmet high
    Did turret rationality.
    She fans her wing up to the winde
    As if her Pettycoate were lin’de
    With reasons fleece, and hoises saile
    And humming flies in thankfull gaile”
    —Edward Taylor (1645–1729)

    “The swing of milk was tufted in the pap....”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)