Official Sung Verse

Famous quotes containing the words official, sung and/or verse:

    “The honor my country shall never be stained by an apology from me for the statement of truth and the performance of duty; nor can I give any explanation of my official acts except such as is due to integrity and justice and consistent with the principles on which our institutions have been framed.”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    “I have sung all night
    for the mouths that float back later,
    one by one,
    holding a lady’s wornout shoe.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Thence, flow! conceit and motion to rehearse
    Pastoral terrors of youth still in the man,
    Torsions of sleep, in emblematic verse
    Rattling like dice unless the verse shall scan
    All chance away....”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)