Sad Eyed Lady

Famous quotes containing the words sad, eyed and/or lady:

    “The hour of the waning of love has beset us,
    And weary and worn are our sad souls now;
    Let us part, ere the season of passion forget us,
    With a kiss and a tear on thy drooping brow.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “This morning, there flew up the lane
    A timid lady-bird to our bird-bath
    And eyed her image dolefully as death;”
    —John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

    “Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.”
    —Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)