Saint Joseph River

Famous quotes containing the words saint, joseph and/or river:

“You, mistress,
That have the office opposite to Saint Peter,
And keeps the gate of hell!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“St Joseph thought the world would melt
But liked the way his finger smelt.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“It is ... despair at the mutability of all created things that links the Artist and the Ascetic—a desire to purify and preserve—to set oneself apart—somehow—from the river flowing onward to the grave.”
—Michele Murray (1933–1974)