Bret Harte Road

Famous quotes containing the words bret harte, bret, harte and/or road:

    “Drop down, O fleecy Fog and hide
    Her skeptic sneer, and all her pride!”
    —Francis Bret Harte (1836–1902)

    “And he smiled a kind of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor,
    And the subsequent proceedings interested him no more.”
    —Francis Bret Harte (1836–1902)

    “Now, I hold it is not decent for a scientific gent
    To say another is an ass—at least, to all intent;
    Nor should the individual who happens to be meant
    Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent.”
    —Bret Harte (1836–1902)

    “But, where the road runs near the stream,
    Oft through the trees they catch a glance
    Of passing troops in the sun’s beam—
    Pennon, and plume, and flashing lance!
    Forth to the world those soldiers fare,
    To life, to cities, and to war!”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)