Doolittle

Famous quotes containing the word doolittle:

“I am stricken
as never before,
by the thought
of ineptitude, sloth, evil
that prosper,
while such as he fall.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“Your eyes have pardoned our faults,
your hands have touched us
you have leaned forward a little
and the waves can never thrust us back
from the splendour of your ragged coast.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“The painters did very well by her;
it is true, they missed never a line
of the suave turn of the head
or subtle shade of lowered eye-lid
or eye-lids half-raised.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)