Bright quotes

Oxus, forgetting the bright speed he had In his high mountain cradle in Pamere, A foiled circuitous wanderertill at last The longed-for dash of waves is heard, and wide His luminous home of waters opens, bright And tranquil, from whose floor the new-bathed stars Emerge, and shine upon the Aral Sea.

- Matthew Arnold
  Poems:  A New Edition,'Sohrab and Rustrum', l.886^92.

There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one day In a relative way And returned on the previous night.

- A(rthur) H(enry) Reginald Buller
  'Relativity', published anonymously in Punch,19 Dec. Buller's claim to authorship is recorded in W S Baring-Gould The Lure of the Limerick (1968). British  historian,  notably  of  20c  Europe.  He  was  Master  of  St Catherine's College, Oxford (1960^80).

And not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light, In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly, But westward, look, the land is bright.

- Arthur Hugh Clough
  'Say Not the Struggle Naught  Availeth'.

Than these November skies Is no sky lovelier. The clouds are deep; Into their grey the subtle spies Of colour creep, Changing their high austerity to delight, Till ev'n the leaden interfolds are bright.

-John Freeman
  'November Skies'.

I have Bright's disease and he has mine, sobbed the panting palooka.

- S(ydney) J(oseph) Perelman
  In Judge,16 Nov. A palooka is US slang for a clumsy person, especially in sports.

Fabulous the insects Stud the air Or walk on running water, Klee-drawn saints And bright as angels are.

- Anne Wilkinson
  The HangmanTies the Holly,'InJune and Gentle Oven'.