Lost Colony

Famous quotes containing the words lost and/or colony:

    Good-bye, good luck, struck the sun and the moon,
    To the fisherman lost on the land.
    He stands alone at the door of his home,
    With his long-legged heart in his hand.
    Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “Tall tales” were told of the sociability of the Texans, one even going so far as to picture a member of the Austin colony forcing a stranger at the point of a gun to visit him.
    —Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)