Herbert Joseph Thompson

Famous quotes containing the words herbert, joseph and/or thompson:

    “my soul lay out of sight,
    Untuned, unstrung;”
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)

    “St Joseph thought the world would melt
    But liked the way his finger smelt.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “I stand amid the dust o’ the mounded years—
    My mangled youth lies dead beneath the heap,
    My days have crackled and gone up in smoke,
    Have puffed and burst as sun-starts on a stream.”
    —Francis Thompson (1859–1907)