Bret Harte Middle

Famous quotes containing the words bret harte, bret, harte and/or middle:

    “Drop down, O fleecy Fog and hide
    Her skeptic sneer, and all her pride!”
    —Francis Bret Harte (1836–1902)

    “Drop down, O fleecy Fog and hide
    Her skeptic sneer, and all her pride!”
    —Francis Bret Harte (1836–1902)

    “In his sleeves, which were long,
    He had twenty-four packs,—
    Which was coming it strong,
    Yet I state but the facts;
    And we found on his nails, which were taper,
    What is frequent in tapers,—that’s wax.”
    —Bret Harte (1836–1902)

    “Death cut the strings that gave me life,
    And handed me to Sorrow,
    The only kind of middle wife
    My folks could beg or borrow.”
    —Countee Cullen (1903–1946)