"Leopardess" Quotes from Famous Books
... as many fancies as the wind Which now, like slumber, lies 'mong spicy isles, Then suddenly blows white furrows in the sea! Lovely and dangerous is my leopardess. To-day, low-lying at my feet; to-morrow, With great eyes flashing, threatening doleful death— With strokes like velvet! She's no common clay, But fire and dew and marble. I'll not throw So rare a wonder ... — Standard Selections • Various |