Cecil Howard Lay (b. 1885, d. 1956) was an English poet of the Georgian school, architect and artist, closely associated with his native Suffolk.
Read more about Cecil Howard Lay: Life, Works, Lay's Tortoise, Volumes of Poetry
Famous quotes containing the words howard and/or lay:
“The admission of Oriental immigrants who cannot be amalgamated with our people has been made the subject either of prohibitory clauses in our treaties and statutes or of strict administrative regulations secured by diplomatic negotiations. I sincerely hope that we may continue to minimize the evils likely to arise from such immigration without unnecessary friction and by mutual concessions between self-respecting governments.”
—William Howard Taft (18571930)
“grown fully, as they say,
they gave her a ring,
and she wore it like a root
and said to herself,
To be not loved is the human condition,
and lay like a statue in her bed.”
—Anne Sexton (19281974)