Crane

Famous quotes containing the word crane:

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

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

    “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)

    “This fabulous shadow only the sea keeps.”
    —Hart Crane (1899–1932)