Herbert Joseph Thompson

Famous quotes containing the words herbert, joseph and/or thompson:

    “A broken altar, Lord, thy servant rears,
    Made of a heart, and cemented with tears:
    Whose parts are as thy hand did frame;
    No workman’s tool hath touched the same.”
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)

    “St Joseph thought the world would melt
    But liked the way his finger smelt.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Cry,—clinging Heaven by the hems;
    And lo, Christ walking on the water
    Not of Gennesareth, but Thames!”
    —Francis Thompson (1859–1907)