Walter de La

Famous quotes containing the words walter de la, walter de and/or walter:

    ““Bunches of grapes,” says Timothy;
    “Pomegranates pink,” says Elaine;
    “A junket of cream and a cranberry tart.””
    —Walter De La Mare (1873–1956)

    “Softly along the road of evening,
    In a twilight dim with rose,
    Wrinkled with age, and drenched with dew
    Old Nod, the shepherd, goes.”
    —Walter De La Mare (1873–1956)

    “Thy gowns, thy shoes,thy beds of roses,
    Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies,
    Soon break, soon wither—soon forgotten,
    In folly ripe,in reason rotten.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)