Sailor Star Maker

Famous quotes containing the words sailor, star and/or maker:

    “The soger frae the wars returns,
    The sailor frae the main,
    But I hae parted frae my Love,
    Never to meet again, my dear,
    Never to meet again.”
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)

    “And tell so readily, he knoweth well
    How ev’ry star by proper name to call?”
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm CXLVII (Paraphrased by The Countess of Pembroke)

    “Tell her that goes
    With song upon her lips
    But sings not out the song, nor knows
    The maker of it, some other mouth,
    May be as fair as hers,”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)