“There lived a Parsee from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental splendour.”
Rudyard Kipling
“At first a small line of inconceivable splendour emerged on the horizon, which, quickly expanding, the sun appeared in all of his glory, unveiling the whole face of nature, vivifying every colour of the landscape, and sprinkling the dewy earth with glittering light.”
Ann Radcliffe
“Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Don't be envious of my Glory but before you do read my story”
Olem David
“Let her pass, and charioted along / In guilty splendour, shake the public ways!”
William Cowper
“Faith is a question of eyesight; even the blind can see that.”
Dejan Stojanovic
“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.”
Washington Irving
