Famous quotes containing the words ernest, vincent, wright and/or wotton:
“Once, in finesse of fiddles found I ecstasy,”
—Thomas Ernest Hulme (1883–1917)
“Before she has her floor swept
Or her dishes done.
Any day you’ll find her
A-sunning in the sun!”
—Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)
“Panting, begging I clutched childlike, clutched to the hot sides of
death.
Now I am dry bones and my face a stony skull staring in yellow
surprise at the sun. . . .”
—Richard Wright (1808–1860)
“He first deceas’d; She for a little tri’d
To live without him: lik’d it not, and di’d.”
—Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639)