Sweep Oars

Famous quotes containing the words sweep and/or oars:

    “I who take here
    my bread and life
    and sweep the temple,
    still I swear
    that I would save you,
    birds or spirits.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “And he unrolled his feathers
    And rowed him softer home—

    Than Oars divide the Ocean,
    Too silver for a seam—
    Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon
    Leap, plashless as they swim.”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)