Black Hawk County

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

    “Three young rats with black felt hats,
    Three young ducks with white straw flats,”
    —Unknown. Three Young Rats (l. 1–2)

    “Merry Margaret,
    As midsummer flower,
    Gentle as falcon
    Or hawk of the tower:”
    —John Skelton (1460?–1529)

    “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)