Moistened Quotes

As all the perfumes of the vanished dayRise from the earth still moistened with the dewSo from my chastened soul beneath thy rayOld love is born anew.

alfred de musset

— Remembrance

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The moistened thumb of the expectant reader has not yet marked the soft tissues of this lean clean smiling volume. Spread me, and break me open, for pleasure.

Peter Greenaway

— From the second book, "The Book of the Innocent"

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The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep.

william cullen bryant

— William Cullen Bryant, Evening Wind, Stanza 4.

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