"Fly by" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... shore no search hath found, from a gull no line can sound, Without rudder or needle we steer; Above, below our bark dies the sea-fowl and the shark, As we fly by the last Buccaneer. ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 3 (of 4) • Various
... We fly by day and shun its light, But, prompt to strike the sudden blow, We mount and start with early night, And through the ...
— Eighth Reader • James Baldwin
... morning found strewed with their dead. It requires a torpid temperament to remain calm under this visitation. All dislike it, and some find it a grievous trial. As the rainy season advances, the trouble abates, and by the time the cold weather sets in the ordinary house-fly by day and the mosquito by night alone remain to buzz about us. The mosquito has rightly got the first place among insect tormentors. The house-fly is at all seasons, in some more than in others, and gives not a little annoyance ...
— Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 • James Kennedy |
