Crane

Famous quotes containing the word crane:

“But the star-glistered salver of infinity,
The circle, blind crucible of endless space,
Is sluiced by motion,—subjugated never.”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)

““I am enchanted, believe me,
To die, thus,
In this mediaeval fashion,
According to the best legends;”
—Stephen Crane (1871–1900)

“Yet, to the empty trapeze of your flesh,
O Magdalene, each comes back to die alone.
Then you, the burlesque of our lust—and faith,
Lug us back lifeward—bone by infant bone.”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)