Elephant Ivory

Famous quotes containing the words elephant and/or ivory:

    “The elephant sneezed
    And fell on his knees,
    And that was the end of the monk,
    the monk, the monk.”
    —Unknown. Animal Fair. . .

    New Treasury of Children’s Poetry, A; Old Favorites and New Discoveries. Joanna Cole, comp. (1984)

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