Lesser King

Famous quotes containing the words lesser and/or king:

    I
    Am here a Poet, that doth drink of life
    As lesser men drink wine.
    Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    King Herod shrieking vengeance at the curled
    Up knees of Jesus choking in the air,

    A king of speechless clods and infants. Still
    The world out-Herods Herod;
    Robert Lowell (1917–1977)