Stevens

Famous quotes containing the word stevens:

    “A languid janitor bears
    His lantern through colonnades
    And the architecture swoons.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Abba, dark death is the breaking of a glass.
    The dazzled flakes and splinters disappear.
    The seal is as relaxed as dirt, perdu.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “If only he would not pity us so much,
    Weaken our fate, relieve us of woe both great
    And small, a constant fellow of destiny,
    A too, too human god, self-pity’s kin
    And uncourageous genesis . . .”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)