Upper Hopkins Cascade Hamilton

Famous quotes containing the words upper, hopkins, cascade and/or hamilton:

    Like many of the Upper Class He liked the Sound of Broken Glass.
    Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)

    Thou art indeed just, Lord, if I contend
    With thee; but, sir, so what I plead is just.
    Why do sinners’ ways prosper? and why must
    Disappointment all I endeavour end?
    —Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)

    “End of tomorrow.
    Don’t try to start the car or look deeper
    Into the eternal wimpling of the sky: luster
    On luster, transparency floated onto the topmost layer
    Until the whole thing overflows like a silver
    Wedding cake or Christmas tree, in a cascade of tears.”
    John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put there is his private property, as much as if he had never written a word.
    —Gail Hamilton (1833–1896)