High German Word

Famous quotes containing the words high, german and/or word:

    “For thou, O Spring! canst renovate
    All that high God did first create.
    Be still his arm and architect,
    Rebuild the ruin, mend defect.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “How much atonement is enough? The bombing must be allowed as at least part-payment: those of our young people who are concerned about the moral problem posed by the Allied air offensive should at least consider the moral problem that would have been posed if the German civilian population had not suffered at all.”
    —Clive James (b. 1939)

    “Have mercy, little pillow,
    stay mute and uncaring,
    hear not one word of disaster!
    Stay close, little sour feather,
    little fellow full of salt.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)