Swan Electric Light

Famous quotes containing the words swan, electric and/or light:

    “The snow, which doth the top of Pindus strew,
    Did never whiter shew,
    Nor Jove himself, when he a swan would be
    For love of Leda, whiter did appear:”
    —Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)

    “Suddenly I’m not half the girl
    I used to be.
    There’s a shadow hanging over me . . .
    From me to you out of my electric devil....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “When the light was extinguished,
    She covered me warm,
    And she prayed to the angels
    To keep me from harm—”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)