High German Word

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

    “Lord Bateman was a noble lord,
    A noble lord of high degree,”
    —Unknown. Young Beichan (l. 1–2)

    “That nameless and infinitely delicate aroma of inexpressible tenderness and attentiveness which, in every refined and honorable attachment, is contemporary with the courtship, and precedes the final banns and the rite; but which, like the bouquet of the costliest German wines, too often evaporates upon pouring love out to drink, in the disenchanting glasses of the matrimonial days and nights.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “You have no word for soldiers to enjoy
    The feel of, as an apple, and to chew
    With masculine satisfaction. Not “good-by!”
    “Come back!”or “careful!” Look, and let him go.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)