Pacific Gray Whale

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 (1879–1955)

“Each in his narrow cell for ever laid,
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)

“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 (1900–1968)