William Pierson Merrill

Famous quotes containing the words william and/or merrill:

    You’ve no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself—and how little I deserve it.
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    the sheets and towels of a life we were going to share,
    The milk-stiff bibs, the shroud, each rag to be ever
    Trampled or soiled, bled on or groped for blindly,
    Came swooning out of an enormous willow hamper
    Onto moon-marbly boards.
    —James Merrill (b. 1926)