Roofs

Famous quotes containing the word roofs:

“She has taken her passive pigeon poor,
She has buried him down and down.
He never shall sally to Sally
Nor soil any roofs of the town.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“Modernized by tin roofs and T-shirts, Third World poverty is no longer picturesque.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“A blessing through the ages thus
Shield all thy roofs and towers!
God with the fathers, so with us,
Thou darling town of ours!”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)