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)

    “Approval of what is approved of
    Is as false as a well-kept vow.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “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)