Famous quotes containing the words eternal, sailor and/or moon:
“I loved, but woman fell away;
I hid me from her faded fame.
I snatched the sun’s eternal ray
And wrote till earth was but a name.”
—John Clare (1793–1864)
“Captain Bligh: Mr. Byam, you’re up late.
Byam: It’s very warm below, sir.
Captain Bligh: I hadn’t noticed it. A true sailor can sleep in an oven, if need be, or in a keg of ice.”
—Talbot Jennings (1896–1985)
“Her image was my ensign: snows melted,
Hedges sprouted, the moon tenderly shone,
The owls trilled with tongues of nightingale.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)