Constable John Stevens

Famous quotes containing the words constable, john and/or stevens:

    “I do love thee as each flower
    Loves the sun’s life-giving power,
    For, dead, thy breath to life might move me.”
    —Henry Constable (1562–1613)

    “Gracious Lord, oh bomb the Germans.
    Spare their women for Thy Sake,
    And if that is not too easy
    We will pardon Thy Mistake.
    But gracious Lord, whate’er shall be,
    Don’t let anyone bomb me.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “Out of the first warmth of spring,
    And out of the shine of the menlocks,
    Among the bare and crooked trees,
    She found a helping from the cold,
    Like a meaning in nothingness....”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)