Scythe/structure

Famous quotes containing the words scythe and/or structure:

“this scythe that mows down kings
Exempts no meaner mortal things.”
—Francis Beaumont (1584-1616)

“It is difficult even to choose the adjective
For this blank cold, this sadness without cause.
The great structure has become a minor house.
No turban walks across the lessened floors.
The greenhouse never so badly needed paint.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)