Elephant Ivory

Famous quotes containing the words elephant and/or ivory:

    “So slowly the hot elephant hearts
    grow full of desire,
    and the great beasts mate in secret at last,
    hiding their fire.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “And ivory and bright gold,
    polished and lustrous grow faint
    beside that wondrous flesh
    and print of her foot-hold.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)