Solemn

Famous quotes containing the word solemn:

    “A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.”
    —Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)

    “These to thee, my God, we owe;
    Source whence all our blessings flow;
    And for these my soul shall raise
    Grateful vows and solemn praise.”
    —Anna Letitia (Aikin)

    “‘Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,
    Nor customary suits of solemn black,
    ...
    Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief,
    That can denote me truly.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)