"She is not old, she is not young, The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue. The haggard cheek, the hungering eye, The poisoned words that wildly fly, The famished face, the fevered hand, Who slights the worthiest in the land, Sneers at the just, contemns the brave, And blackens goodness in its grave."

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Source : William Watson (1909). “New Poems”

William Watson

#Anger Quotes #Eye Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100.”
“If you would live innocently, seek solitude.”
“The Roosevelt enactment of Social Security was a moral revolution in our country: We were assured that we would never reach the very depths of poverty. And to be told, that we are now going to gamble it, on Wall Street, is nonsense!”
“Quarrels are a natural part of relationships. Making up is always the best part.”
“In the midst of a generation screaming for answers, Christians are stuttering.”
“There is naught a man or woman can not learn who hath the wit.”
“The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions.”
“There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and...evil.”

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