"Driblet" Quotes from Famous Books
... wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of ... — The Devil's Dictionary • Ambrose Bierce
... question'd thy supreme decree. Thou didst his gracious reign prolong, Even in thy saints' and angels' wrong, His fellow-citizens of immortality: For twelve long years of exile borne, Twice twelve we number'd since his blest return: So strictly wert thou just to pay, Even to the driblet of a day. Yet still we murmur and complain, The quails and manna should no longer rain; Those miracles 'twas needless to renew; The chosen stock has now the promised land ... — The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol I - With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes • John Dryden |