Famous quotes containing the words baron, thomson and/or fleet:
“I loathe that I did love,
In youth that I thought sweet;”
—Thomas Vaux, 2d Baron Vaux Of Harrowden (1510–1566)
“Now ‘tis nought
But restless hurry through the busy air,
Beat by unnumbered wings.”
—James Thomson (1700–1748)
“On the middle of that quiet floor
sits a fleet of small black ships,
square-rigged, sails furled, motionless,
their spars like burned matchsticks.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)