Black Hawk County

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

    “Quadroon mermaids, Afro angels, black saints
    balanced upon the switchblades of that air
    and sang.”
    —Robert Earl Hayden (1913–1980)

    “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)