Fleet Sailed

Famous quotes containing the words fleet and/or sailed:

“On the middle of that quiet floor
sits a fleet of small black ships,
square-rigged, sails furled, motionless,
their spars like burned matchsticks.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)

“She sailed until the calm morning,
Carrying her full cargo of roses.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)