Velvet Worms

Famous quotes containing the words velvet and/or worms:

    “Let the soil squeal I am the biting man
    And the velvet dead inch out.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “But at my back I always hear
    Time’s winged chariot hurrying near;
    And yonder all before us lie
    Deserts of vast eternity.
    Thy beauty shall no more be found,
    Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
    My echoing song: then worms shall try
    That long preserved virginity:
    And your quaint honor turn to dust,
    And into ashes all my lust:
    The grave’s a fine and private place,
    But none, I think, do there embrace.”
    —Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)