Bleak Hall

Famous quotes containing the words bleak and/or hall:

    Alack, the night comes on, and the bleak winds
    Do sorely ruffle; for many miles about
    There’s scarce a bush.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    For a hundred and fifty years, in the pasture of dead horses,
    roots of pine trees pushed through the pale curves of your ribs,
    yellow blossoms flourished above you in autumn, and in winter
    frost heaved your bones in the ground—old toilers, soil makers:
    O Roger, Mackerel, Riley, Ned, Nellie, Chester, Lady Ghost.
    —Donald Hall (b. 1928)