Speckled Hen

Famous quotes containing the words speckled and/or hen:

    “It is speckled with grime as if
    Small print overspread it,
    The news of a day I’ve forgotten
    If I ever read it.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “When every Sunday afternoon
    On the Green Lands I walk
    And wear a coat in fashion,
    Memories of the talk
    Of hen wives and of queer old men
    Brace me and make me strong....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)