Robinson/ships

Famous quotes containing the words robinson and/or ships:

    “He comes unfailing for the loan
    We give and then forget;
    He comes, and probably for years
    Will he be coming yet,—
    Familiar as an old mistake,
    And futile as regret.”
    —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)

    “I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep”
    —James Elroy Flecker (1884–1919)