River Tame

River Tame is a Celtic river name, used in England to refer to:

  • River Tame, Greater Manchester, a river that meets the Goyt to form the Mersey
  • River Tame, West Midlands, the largest tributary of the Trent
  • River Tame, North Yorkshire, a tributary of the Leven and then the Tees

Famous quotes containing the words river and/or tame:

    “The river’s tent is broken; the last fingers of leaf
    Clutch and sink into the wet bank. The wind
    Crosses the brown land, unheard. The nymphs are departed.
    Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song.
    The river bears no empty bottles, sandwich papers,
    Silk handkerchiefs, cardboard boxes, cigarette ends
    Or other testimony of summer nights.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “A speckled cat and a tame hare
    Eat at my hearthstone
    And sleep there;
    And both look up to me alone
    For learning and defence
    As I look up to Providence.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)