Constable John Stevens

Famous quotes containing the words constable, john and/or stevens:

    “I do love thee as each flower
    Loves the sun’s life-giving power,
    For, dead, thy breath to life might move me.”
    —Henry Constable (1562–1613)

    “For beauties from worth arise
    Are like the grace of deities,”
    —Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)

    “You were created of your name, the word
    Is that of which you were the personage.
    There is no life except in the word of it.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)