Maiden Voyage April

Famous quotes containing the words maiden, voyage and/or april:

    “My maiden Isabel,
    Reflaring rosabel.
    The fragrant camomel;
    The ruddy rosary,
    The sovereign rosemary,
    The pretty strawberry;
    The columbine, the nept,
    The jelofer well set,
    The proper violet:”
    —John Skelton (1460?–1529)

    “The world’s a ship on its voyage out, and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit is its prow.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “An April Sunday brings the snow
    Making the blossom on the plum trees green,
    Not white. An hour or two, and it will go.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)