Elizabeth/ships

Famous quotes containing the words elizabeth and/or ships:

    “Then hail! thou noble conquerer!
    That, when tyranny oppressed,
    Hewed for our fathers from the wild
    A land wherein to rest.”
    —Mary Elizabeth Hewitt (b. 1818)

    “The northern sky rose high and black
    Over the proud unfruitful sea,
    East and west the ships came back
    Happily or unhappily....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)