“The speckled sky is dim with snow, The light flakes falter and fall slow; Athwart the hill-top, rapt and pale, Silently drops a silvery veil; And all the valley is shut in By flickering curtains gray and thin.” LightFallSkySnowHillsGrayValleysPaleVeilsCurtainsFlakes Book:Vagabonds: And Other Poems Source: Vagabonds: And Other Poems
“England that little gray island in the clouds where governments don't fall overnight and children don't sell themselves in the street and my money is safe.” ChildrenLittlesGovernmentFallStreetsSafeEnglandSellsCloudsIslandsGray Book:Serious Money Source: Serious Money
“In the hollow tree, in the old gray tower, The spectral Owl doth dwell; Dull, hated, despised, in the sunshine hour, But at the dusk--he's abroad and well! Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him-- All mock him outright, by day: But at night, when the woods grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away! O, when the night falls, and roosts the fowl, Then, then, is the reign of the Horned Owl!” WellsStillsNightFallGrowsHoursTreeBirdWoodsForestsHatedDullSunshineGrayMatesTowersReignShrinksHollowDespisedMockDuskOwlFowlRoost Author:Bryan Procter