Distant City

Famous quotes containing the words distant and/or city:

“Till, in a distant town,
Towns on from mine—
I sat me down;
This was a dream.”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

“A ‘spasm band’ is a miscellaneous collection of a soap box, tin cans, pan tops, nails, drumsticks, and little Negro boys. When mixed in the proper proportions this results in the wildest shuffle dancing, accompanied by a bumping rhythm.”
—For the City of New Orleans, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)