Pole Vault Stars

Famous quotes containing the words pole, vault and/or stars:

    “O, withered is the garland of the war,
    The soldier’s pole is fallen!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Heaven froze above, severe; the clouds congeal,
    And through the crystal vault appeared the standing hail.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “The great ship, Balayne, lay frozen in the sea.
    The one-foot stars were couriers of its death
    To the wild limits of its habitation.
    These were not tepid stars of torpid places
    But bravest at midnight and in lonely spaces,
    They looked back at Hans’ look with savage faces.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)