Wind Compass Rose

Famous quotes containing the words wind, compass and/or rose:

    The wind attendant on the solstices
    Blows on the shutters of the metropoles,
    Stirring no poet in his sleep, and tolls
    The trand ideas of the villages.
    The malady of the quotidian. . . .
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    be a while our guests:
    For stars, gaze on our eyes.
    The compass love shall hourly sing,
    And as he goes about the ring,
    We will not miss
    To tell each point he nameth with a kiss.
    William Browne (1591–1643)

    Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
    Don Marquis (1878–1937)