Crane

Famous quotes containing the word crane:

“Yet, to the empty trapeze of your flesh,
O Magdalene, each comes back to die alone.
Then you, the burlesque of our lust—and faith,
Lug us back lifeward—bone by infant bone.”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)

“Lo, Lord, Thou ridest!
Lord, Lord, Thy swifting heart

Naught stayeth, naught now bideth
But’s smithereened apart!”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)

“they are brown and soft,
And liable to melt as snow.”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)