Henry Vaughan (1621–1695) Welsh author, physician and metaphysical poet
"They Are All Gone," st. 1.
Silex Scintillans (1655)
Source: The Sun Also Rises
Henry Vaughan (1621–1695) Welsh author, physician and metaphysical poet
"They Are All Gone," st. 1.
Silex Scintillans (1655)
“An empty day, though clear and bright,
Is just as dark as any night.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
Daniel J. Boorstin (1914–2004) American historian
Source: The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America (1961), p. 213.
“Show me, dear Christ, Thy spouse, so bright and clear.”
John Donne book Holy Sonnets
No. 18, line 1
Holy Sonnets (1633)
“There are other tears, bright, clear, untroubled,
Shining as the sun, untouched of care.”
Zabel Sibil Asadour (1863–1934) Armenian writer
The Ideal http://armenianhouse.org/blackwell/armenian-poems/zabel-assatour.html
“It's the wheel of the world - turning around.”
Carrie Underwood (1983) American country music singer
From Wheel of the World from the album Carnival Ride (2007). [Misattributed: performer not credited as writer.]