Dropped Catches

Famous quotes containing the words dropped and/or catches:

    “The Roman Empire stood appalled:
    It dropped the reins of peace and war
    When that fierce virgin and her Star
    Out of the fabulous darkness called.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “All catches alight
    At the spread of spring:
    Birds crazed with flight
    Branches that fling
    Leaves up to the light”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)