Fortitude North

Famous quotes containing the words fortitude and/or north:

    “Be thou my exaltation
    Or fortitude of mien,
    Lord of the world’s elation,
    Thou breath of things unseen!”
    —Bliss Carman (1861–1929)

    “It is the sea that whitens the roof.
    The sea drifts through the winter air.
    It is the sea that the north wind makes.
    The sea is in the falling snow.
    This gloom is the darkness of the sea.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)