Pole Vault Stars

Famous quotes containing the words pole, vault and/or stars:

    “Midwinter spring is its own season
    Sempiternal though sodden towards sundown,
    Suspended in time, between pole and tropic.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “Heaven froze above, severe; the clouds congeal,
    And through the crystal vault appeared the standing hail.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “The day in his hotness,
    The strife with the palm;
    The night in her silence,
    The stars in their calm . . .”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)