Wingd Quotes
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He who binds to himself a joyDoes the wingèd life destroy;But he who kisses the joy as it fliesLives in eternity's sunrise.
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More Wingd Quotes
Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind,But leave, oh! leave the light of Hope behind!What though my wingèd hours of bliss have beenLike angels visits, few and far between.
thomas campbell— Part II, line 375.
My soul, there is a country Far beyond the stars Where stands a wingèd sentry All skillful in the wars: There, above noise and danger, Sweet Peace is crowned with smiles, And One born in a manger Commands the beauteous files.
Henry Vaughan— "Peace," st. 1.
The bow is bent, the arrow flies, The wingéd shaft of fate.
— Ira Aldridge, On William Tell, Stanza 12.
Tell me, ye wingèd winds That round my pathway roar, Know ye not some spot Where mortals weep no more?
charles mackay— Charles Mackay, Tell Me Ye Winged Winds, The Inquiry.
But at my back I always hear Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near.
Andrew Marvell— Andrew Marvell, To his coy Mistress.
