Doric Quotes

Odor of blood when Christ was slain Made all Platonic tolerance vain And vain all Doric discipline. (William Butler Yeats)
He touch'd the tender stops of various quills, With eager thought warbling his Doric lay. View quote
John Milton
The Babylonian starlight brought A fabulous, formless darkness in; Odour of blood when Christ was slain Made all platonic tolerance vain And vain all Doric discipline. View quote
William Butler Yeats
The construction of temples of the Ionic order to Juno, Diana, Father Bacchus, and the other gods of that kind, will be in keeping with the middle position which they hold; for the building of such will be an appropriate combination of the severity of the Doric and the delicacy of the Corinthian. View quote
Vitruvius
I could be as jittery as you if I wanted to. But I've studied history and literature. And architecture, and a lot of things. Just to balance this psycho work. There's a lot more perfection in a Doric column than in you. View quote
Henry Kuttner