Famous quotes containing the words swan, hill and/or rail:
“The reason is:
rats leave the sinking ship
but we . . .
we . . .
didnt leave,
so the ship
didnt sink,
and thats madness,
Lears song
thats Touchstones forest jest,
thats swan of Avon logic.”
—Hilda Doolittle (18861961)
“And then the man whom Sorrow named his friend
Cried out, Dim sea, hear my most piteous story!
The sea swept on and cried her old cry still,
Rolling along in dreams from hill to hill.
He fled the persecution of her glory....”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
“For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.”
—Aeschylus (525456 B.C.)