Birmingham Hall Green

Famous quotes containing the words hall and/or green:

    “Her cabined, ample spirit,
    It fluttered and failed for breath.
    Tonight it doth inherit
    The vasty hall of death.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    “The delirium and horror of the East. The dusty catastrophe of Asia. Green only on the banner of the Prophet. Nothing grows here except mustaches.”
    —Joseph Brodsky (b. 1940)