Famous quotes containing the words silver and/or platter:
“Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote;
Spread oer the silver waves thy golden hairs,
And as a bed Ill take them, and there lie.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“It was the custom
For his rage against chaos
To abate on the way to church,
In regulations of his spirit.
How good life is, on the basis of propriety,
To be followed by a platter of capon!”
—Wallace Stevens (18791955)