Small Black Powder

Famous quotes containing the words small, black and/or powder:

    “What was thy cause?
    Adultery?
    Thou shalt not die. Die for adultery? No,
    The wren goes to’t, and the small gilded fly
    Does lecher in my sight.
    Let copulation thrive.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Here’s neither bush nor shrub to bear off any weather at all. And another storm brewing, I hear it sing i’ the wind. Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor. If it should thunder as it did before, I know not where to hide my head. Yond same cloud cannot choose but fall by pailfuls.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Despite my asbestos gloves,
    the cough is filling me with black,
    and a red powder seeps through my veins....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)