Famous quotes containing the word lands:
“The sea
Severs not only lands but also selves.”
—Wallace Stevens (18791955)
“It is my duty to prevent, through the independence of Cuba, the U.S.A. from spreading over the West Indies and falling with added weight upon other lands of Our America. All I have done up to now and shall do hereafter is to that end.... I know the Monster, because I have lived in its lairand my weapon is only the slingshot of David.”
—José Martí (18531895)
“Oh, never this whelming east wind swells
But it seems like the seas return
To the ancient lands where it left the shells
Before the age of the fern....”
—Robert Frost (18741963)