Famous quotes containing the words shirley, temple and/or black:
“Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.”
—James Shirley (1596–1666)
“The despot’s heel is on thy shore,
Maryland!
His torch is at thy temple door,
Maryland!
Avenge the patriotic gore
That flecked the streets of Baltimore,
And be the battle-queen of yore,
Maryland! my Maryland!”
—James Ryder Randall (1839–1908)
“the black wings
of the
hospital where
nothing
will grow”
—William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)