Banked Clay Oval

Famous quotes containing the words banked and/or clay:

    “The rare original heartsblood goes,
    Spends on the earthen hide, in the folds and wizenings, flows

    In the gutters of the banked and staring eyes.”
    —Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

    “Was it for this the clay grew tall?
    MO what made fatuous sunbeams toil
    To break earth’s sleep at all?”
    —Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)