Royal West Kent

Famous quotes containing the words royal, west and/or kent:

    “Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump,
    The spirit-stirring drum, th’ ear-piercing fife,
    The royal banner and all quality,
    Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “It’s a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds’ cries;
    I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.”
    —John Masefield (1878–1967)

    “Main Street was never the same. I read Gide and tried to
    translate Proust. Now nothing is real except French wine.
    For absurdity is reality, my loneliness unreal, my mind tired.
    And I shall die an old Parisian.”
    —Conrad Kent Rivers (1933–1968)