Books Quote by Charles Stuart Calverley

“Crouched on the altar-steps, a grisly band Of women slumbers—not like women they, But Gorgons rather; nay, that word is weak, Nor may I…

— Aeschylus

And when it has got in; as one not finding what it seeks, whatever that may be, it wails and howls to issue forth…

— Charles Dickens

“Not marble, nor the gilded monuments / Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; / But you shall shine more bright in these contents…

— John Green

“The Estate of Solemnity By right, it reigns in its places- in long beards Of spanish moss hanging from a live oak On a…

— Pattiann Rogers

Individuals may wear for a time the glory of our institutions, but they carry it not to the grave with them. Like raindrops from…

— James A. Garfield

But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof,…

— John Milton

Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.

— Sappho

“PAVILIONS OF SUN" Swans do fly High above you All the time Prince of Sun From his pavilion Makes you shine Come, come, come…

— Marc Bolan

As I descend the stairs, I can’t help brushing my fingers along the unblemished white marble walls. So cold and beautiful. Even in the…

— Suzanne Collins

Yet, even for us, there is left some loveliness of environment, and the dullness of tutors and professors matters very little when one can…

— Oscar Wilde

Preach as if you had seen heaven and its celestial inhabitants, and had hovered over the bottomless pit, and beheld the tortures, and heard…

— Francis Asbury

They hold their great balls in the open air, in what is called a fairy-ring. For weeks afterward you can see the ring on…

— James M. Barrie