Townsend

Famous quotes containing the word townsend:

    We are two travelers, Roger and I.
    Roger’s my dog.—Come here, you scamp!
    —John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916)

    An aspiring genius was D. Green:
    The son of a farmer, age fourteen;
    His body was long and lank and lean—
    Just right for flying, as will be seen;
    —John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916)

    When other helpers fail and comforts flee, when the senses decay and the mind moves in a narrower and narrower circle, when the grasshopper is a burden and the postman brings no letters, and even the Royal Family is no longer quite what it was, an obituary column stands fast.
    —Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893–1978)