Fourth Rate Launched

Famous quotes containing the words fourth, rate and/or launched:

    “And he was lost among the waves,
    His ship rolled helpless in the sea,
    The fourth month of his voyage
    He shouted grievously
    “Beloved, do not think of me.””
    —Alun Lewis (1915–1944)

    “If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

    “It grazes the horizons, launched above

    Mortality—ascending emerald-bright,
    A fountain at salute, a crown in view—”
    —Hart Crane (1899–1932)