"Tapet" Quotes from Famous Books
... a weaving! To the dull beyond believing! Such, no fabled ages know. Only Faith can see the mystery, How, along the aisle of history Where the feet of sages go, Loveliest to the purest eyes, Grand the mystic tapet lies,— Soft and smooth, and even spreading Every figure has its plaidings, As if made for angels' treading; Tufted circles touching ever, Inwrought figures fading never; Brighter form and softer shadings; Each illumined,—what a riddle From a cross ... — Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two • Various |