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“Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale. Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to th' rooky wood. Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, While night's black agents to their prey do rouse.”

Hands Light Eye Night Black Pieces Tears Wings Good Things Woods Invisible Agents Pale Bloody Prey Crow Pitiful Scarves Macbeth Play Invisible Hand Great Bond

Author:William Shakespeare

“Sometimes goldfinches one by one will drop From low hung branches; little space they stop; But sip, and twitter, and their feathers sleek; Then off at once, as in a wanton freak: Or perhaps, to show their black, and golden wings Pausing upon their yellow flutterings.”

Littles Sometimes Shows Black Space Lows Wings Golden Branches Yellow Freak Hung Feathers Wanton Fluttering Pausing Goldfinches

Book:Poetry Manuscripts at Harvard

Source: Poetry Manuscripts at Harvard

“Fame, if not double fac'd, is double mouth'd, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds; On both his wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight.”

Ifs Names Black White Bears Fame Mouths Wings Deeds Contrary Flight Blast

Book:The Poetical Works of John Milton

Source: The Poetical Works of John Milton

“Day is a snow-white Dove of heaven That from the East glad message brings. Night is a stealthy, evil Raven, Wrapped to the eyes in his black wings.”

Eye Night Evil Heaven Black White Messages Wings East Glad Snow Dove Ravens Snow White

Book:The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Source: The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“Either a peaceful old age awaits me, or death flies round me with black wings. [Lat., Seu me tranquilla senectus Exspectat, seu mors atris circumvolat alis.]”

Age Black Wings Rounds Old Age Peaceful

Author:Horace

“Once one understands that 'racial tensions' is a euphemism for a black animosity toward whites and a left-wing construct, one begins to understand why the election of a black president has had no impact on most blacks or on the left.”

Left Black President Election Impact Wings Tension Constructs Left Wing Animosity Euphemism Racial Tension

Author:Dennis Prager

“Fox News never calls up Bobby Seale to articulate a stance in opposition to right-wing conservatives. To me, giving the New Black Panthers a platform on Fox is a subtle tactic to scare people.”

People Giving Black News Wings Opposition Subtle Scare Platforms Foxes Tactics Right Wing Stance Fox News Panthers Black Panther

Author:Bobby Seale

“Chastity prays for me, piety sings, Innocence sweetens my last black breath, Modesty hides my thighs in her wings, And all the deadly virtues plague my death!”

Lasts Black Virtue Praying Breaths Wings Aging Innocence Modesty Plague Piety Chastity Thighs Pray For Me

Book:The Poems of Dylan Thomas

Source: The Poems of Dylan Thomas

“Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . Less base the fear of death than fear of life. O Britain! infamous for suicide.”

Soul Black Shame Suicide Wings Flight Britain Fear Of Death Gloomy Infamous Sullen Fears Of Life Impetuous

Book:Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job

Source: Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job

“There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt - until recently... and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.”

Two States Hands Bits Black Differences Poor United Party United States Willing Republican Capitalism Wings Property Democrat Adjustment Right Wing Laissez Faire Laissez Faire Capitalism

Author:Gore Vidal