Constable John Stevens

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

    “I did not know that thou wert dead before;
    I did not feel the grief I did sustain;
    The greater stroke astonisheth the more;
    Astonishment takes from us sense of pain.
    I stood amazed when other’s tears begun,
    And now begin to weep when they have done.”
    —Henry Constable (1562–1613)

    “And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death.”
    —Bible: New Testament St. John the Divine, in Revelation, 6:8.

    “Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)