Merwin

Famous quotes containing the word merwin:

“all afternoon
Their witless offspring flock like piped rats to its siren
Crescendo, and agape on the crumbling ridge
Stand in a row and learn.”
—William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)

“Every year without knowing it I have passed the day
When the last fires will wave to me”
—William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)

“The ghosts of the villages trail in the sky
Making a new twilight”
—William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)