Black Sailors

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or sailors:

“Black one, black one,
there was a white
candle in your heart.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“All sailors pause to watch a steamer, and shout in welcome or derision. In one a large Newfoundland dog put his paws on the rail and stood up as high as any of them, and looked as wise. But the skipper, who did not wish to be seen no better employed than a dog, rapped him on the nose and sent him below. Such is human justice!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)