Coast Guard Shield

Famous quotes containing the words coast, guard and/or shield:

    “How happy is the sailor’s life,
    From coast to coast to roam;
    In every port he finds a wife,
    In every land a home.”
    —Isaac Bickerstaffe (c. 1735–1812)

    “Faster, faster with no loss of ritual
    Stiff minions without banners, a steady guard ...”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “The lichen on the rocks is a rude and simple shield which beginning and imperfect Nature suspended there. Still hangs her wrinkled trophy.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)