Black Hawk County

Famous quotes containing the words black, hawk and/or county:

    “... burned to tireless death
    A child of a few hours
    With its kneading mouth
    Charred on the black breast of the grave
    The mother dug, and its arms full of fires ...”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “Hold hard, my county darlings, for a hawk descends,
    Golden Glamorgan straightens, to the falling birds.
    Your sport is summer as the spring runs angrily.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “But I would say to my fellows, once for all, As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)