Willem Storm Van

Famous quotes containing the words storm and/or van:

    Beneath the azure current floweth;
    Above, the golden sunlight glows.
    Rebellious, the storm it wooeth,
    As if the storms could give repose.
    Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841)

    I know that Europe’s wonderful, yet something seems to lack;
    The Past is too much with her, and the people looking back.
    —Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933)