Entry 149

The clouds,--the only birds that never sleep.
Victor Hugo

The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape.
John Milton

Far clouds of feathery gold, Shaded with deepest purple, gleam Like islands on a dark blue sea.
Percy Bysshe Shelley

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on the trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
Martin Luther


Thus we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.
William Shakespeare


The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky---seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.
Joseph Conrad