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Angel Quotes - Page 34

The good he scorn'd Stalk'd off reluctant, like an ill-us'd ghost, Not to return; or if it did, its visits Like those of angels, short, and far between.

Robert Blair (1804). “The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by Gray. Death, a poem, by bishop Porteus [&c.].”

When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings.

Rita Dove, Earl G. Ingersoll (2003). “Conversations with Rita Dove”, p.137, Univ. Press of Mississippi

War may be an armed angel with a mission, but she has the personal habits of the slums.

Rebecca Harding Davis (1904). “Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography”, p.15, Vanderbilt University Press

My angel,-his name is Freedom,- Choose him to be your king; He shall cut pathways east and west, And fend you with his wing.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.206, Delphi Classics

So when that Angel of the darker Drink, at last shall find you by the river-brink, And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul forth to your Lips to quaff-you shall not shrink.

Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald, Christopher Decker (1997). “Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition”, p.164, University of Virginia Press

An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards.

Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett (2011). “Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch”, p.8, Harper Collins

Ever wonder how many angels you have? All of them. They insisted.

FaceBook post by Mike Dooley from Oct 06, 2011