Cullen

Famous quotes containing the word cullen:

    “When beechen buds begin to swell,
    And woods the blue-bird’s warble know,
    The yellow violet’s modest bell
    Peeps from the last year’s leaves below.”
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

    “Oh mother of a mighty race,
    Yet lovely in thy youthful grace!
    The elder dames, thy haughty peers,
    Admire and hate thy blooming years.”
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

    “The night whose sable breast relieves the stark,
    White stars, is no less lovely being dark,”
    —Countee Cullen (1903–1946)