Robinson

Famous quotes containing the word robinson:

    his mouth redeemed
    His insufficient eyes, forever sad:
    In them there was no life-glimpse, good or bad,
    Nor joy nor passion in them ever gleamed;
    —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)

    He packed a lot of things that she had made
    Most mournfully away in an old chest
    Of hers, and put some chopped-up cedar boughs
    In with them, and tore down the slaughterhouse.
    —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)

    When infant Science makes a pleasant face
    And waves again that hollow toy, the Race;
    —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)