Constable John Stevens

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

    “You are thought here to be the most senseless and fit man for the constable of the watch, therefore bear you the lantern.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Oh for some honest lover’s ghost,
    Some kind unbodied post
    Sent from the shades below!
    I strangely long to know
    Whether the nobler chaplets wear
    Those that their mistress’ scorn did bear,
    Or those that were used kindly.”
    —Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)

    “Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)