Hoe Land

Famous quotes containing the words hoe and/or land:

    “Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, The emptiness of ages in his face, And on his back the burden of the world.”
    —Edwin Markham (1852–1940)

    “My father upon the Abbey stage, before him a raging crowd.
    “This Land of Saints,” and then as the applause died out,
    “Of plaster Saints;” his beautiful mischievous head thrown back.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)