Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) American musician, singer and songwriter
Bold as Love
Song lyrics, Axis: Bold as Love (1967)
"The Vestal"
The Janitor's Boy And Other Poems (1924)
Context: p>Finally she faltered;
Saw at last, forsooth,
Every gaudy color
Is a bit of truth.
Then the gates were opened;
Miracles were seen;
That instructed damsel
Donned a gown of green;Wore it in a churchyard,
All arrayed with care;
And a painted rainbow
Shone above her there.</p
Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) American musician, singer and songwriter
Bold as Love
Song lyrics, Axis: Bold as Love (1967)
Ilia Chavchavadze (1837–1907) Georgian poet and politician; a saint of Georgian Orthodox Church
Spring, p. 61
Anthology of Georgian Poetry (1948)
“Where's the man that could ease a heart like a satin gown?”
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
“138. Well may hee smell fire whose gowne burnes.”
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“I am rather impatient to know the fate of my best gown.”
Jane Austen (1775–1817) English novelist
Letter to Cassandra (1799-05-17) [Letters of Jane Austen -- Brabourne Edition]
Letters
“A wife who preaches in her gown,
And lectures in her night-dress.”
Thomas Hood (1799–1845) British writer
The Surplice Question; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
“Hold back the edges of your gown, Ladies, we are going through hell.”
William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) American poet
“There are women here who can barely afford enough gown to cover their breasts.”
Jon Stewart (1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian
The 78th Academy Awards (2006)
Context: If there's anyone out there involved in illegal movie piracy... don't do it. Take a good look at these people. These are the people you're stealing from. Look at them! Face what you've done! There are women here who can barely afford enough gown to cover their breasts.
R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002) American writer
Description of a Dong button, which is later revealed to reverse the flow of time for the wielder, if there has been a dire error made which needs correcting, Ch. 3
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Space Chantey (1968)