Slaughter Pen Farm

Famous quotes containing the words slaughter, pen and/or farm:

    I who have cursed
    The drunken officer of British rule, how choose
    Between this Africa and the English tongue I love?
    Betray them both, or give back what they give?
    How can I face such slaughter and be cool?
    How can I turn from Africa and live?
    Derek Walcott (b. 1930)

    Here is a pen and here is a pencil,
    Here’s a typewriter, here’s a stencil,
    Here is a list of today’s appointments,
    And all the flies in all the ointments,
    The daily woes that a man endures—
    Take them, George, they’re yours!
    Ogden Nash (1902–1971)

    I begin with a design for a hearse.
    For Christ’s sake not black—
    nor white either—and not polished!
    Let it be weathered—like a farm wagon—
    William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)