Famous quotes containing the words thompson and/or received:
“Above the bayonets, mixed and crossed,
Men saw a gray, gigantic ghost
Receding through the battle cloud,
And heard across the tempest loud
The death cry of a nation lost!”
—Will Henry Thompson (18481918)
“Interesting, but futile, said his diary,
Where day by day his movements were recorded
And nothing but his loves received inquiry....”
—Philip Larkin (19221986)