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Caverns Quotes

Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.

Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.26, University of Georgia Press

Man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.39, Univ of California Press

Friends depart, and memory takes them To her caverns, pure and deep.

Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay”, p.48

Despair is a cavern beneath our feet and we teeter on its very brink.

Geraldine Brooks (2002). “Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague”, p.159, Penguin

I am an emptiness for Thee to fill; my soul a cavern for Thy sea

George MacDonald (1893). “The Poetical Works of George MacDonald (Volumes I and II)”, p.10, Library of Alexandria

Deep in the cavern of the infant's breast; the father's nature lurks, and lives anew.

Horace (1901). “Q. Horatii Flacci Odæ, Epodæ, Carmen sæculare”