Volcanic Island

Famous quotes containing the words volcanic and/or island:

“Pity the planet, all joy gone
from this sweet volcanic cone;”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)

“The island dreams under the dawn
And great boughs drop tranquillity;
The peahens dance on a smooth lawn,
A parrot sways upon a tree,
Raging at his own image in the enamelled sea.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)