Robinson/ships

Famous quotes containing the words robinson and/or ships:

    “He never told us what he was,
    Or what mischance, or other cause,
    Had banished him from better days
    To play the Prince of Castaways.”
    —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)

    “The northern sky rose high and black
    Over the proud unfruitful sea,
    East and west the ships came back
    Happily or unhappily....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)