Now therefore, while the youthful hue Sits on thy skin…

Now therefore, while the youthful hue Sits on thy skin like morning dew, And while thy willing soul transpires At every pore with instant…

— Andrew Marvell

Now let us sport us while we may; And now, like amorous birds of prey, Rather at once our time devour, Than languish in…

— Andrew Marvell

“ To His Coy Mistress Had we but world enough and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think…

— Andrew Marvell

Let us roll all our strength, and all Our sweetness, up into one ball: And tear our pleasures with rough strife, Through the iron…

— Andrew Marvell

And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.

— William Butler Yeats

With my sister perched on my arm, I walked to the elevator. A business man with a rolling suitcase was waiting by the doors.…

— Rick Riordan

Mozart's mental grip never loosens; he never abandons himself to any one sense; even at his most ecstatic moments his mind is vigorous, alert,…

— Walter J. Turner

“Heat in her birds of prey fingertips, smoke of gilded flowers in her aureate gorging hair.”

— Laura Gentile

More like some small, fierce bird of prey, something with a sharp bite. An owl perhaps, that speaks only when the rest of the…

— Juliet Marillier

I love watching birds of prey and stags.

— Sue Perkins

Of all types of birds, birds of prey have always fascinated people.

— Jim Knight

“The house-cat is a four-legged quadruped, the legs as usual being at the corners. It is what is sometimes called a tame animal, though…

— Helen Exley

“Birds of prey and fierce piranha enter not into Nirvana, where are neither thorns nor nettles, only soft and fragrant petals.”

— John Biccard

Staring at her face, she began to fancy her outer layer had begun to melt away while she wasn't paying attention, and something --…

— Laini Taylor

Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal…

— Joseph Addison