Famous quotes containing the words pacific, gray and/or whale:
“The doctor of Geneva stamped the sand
That lay impounding the Pacific swell,
Patted his stove-pipe hat and tugged his shawl.”
—Wallace Stevens (18791955)
“Far from the sun and summer-gale
In thy green lap was Natures Darling laid,
What time, where lucid Avon strayd,
To him the mighty mother did unveil
Her awful face:”
—Thomas Gray (17161771)
“And one rose in a tent of sea and gave
A darkening shudder; water fell away;
The whale stood shining, and then sank in spray.”
—Yvor Winters (19001968)
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