Famous quotes containing the words rock, salt and/or shells:
“The acorns not yet
Fallen from the tree
Thats to grow the wood,
Thats to make the cradle,
Thats to rock the bairn,
Thats to grow a man,
Thats to lay me.”
—Unknown. The Cauld Lad of Hilton or, The Wandering Spectre (l. 28)
“All the sea-gods are dead.
You, Venus, come home
To your salt maidenhead....”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
“Sing there upon the beach
Till alls beyond deaths reach,
And empty shells reply
That all things flourish.”
—Philip Larkin (19221986)