Famous quotes containing the words council and/or closes:
“There by some wrinkled stones round a leafless tree
With beards askew, their eyes dull and wild
Twelve ragged men, the council of charity
Wandering the face of the earth a fatherless child....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“Although glad for the grain, we are
Aware of the husk.
And winter closes on us like a shroud.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)