Famous quotes containing the words alice dunbar moore, alice, dunbar, moore and/or nelson:
“And now—unwittingly, you’ve made me dream
Of violets, and my soul’s forgotten gleam.”
—Alice Dunbar Moore Nelson (1875–1935)
“The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, began screaming “Off with her head! Off with—”
“Nonsense!” said Alice loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“I know what the caged bird feels, alas!”
—Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
“What is there
like fortitude! What sap
went through that little thread
to make the cherry red!”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“The victors and the vanquished then the storm it tossed and tore,
As hard they strove, those worn-out men, upon that surly shore;
Dead Nelson and his half-dead crew, his foes from near and far,
Were rolled together on the deep that night at Trafalgar!”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)