Famous quotes containing the words rochester, opera and/or house:
“The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life,
Is the best can be said for a very good wife.”
—John Wilmot, Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)
“The opera house sparkled with tiers
And tiers of eyes, like mine enlarged by belladonna,”
—James Merrill (b. 1926)
“In a fiercely mourning house in a crooked year.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)