Saint Joseph River

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

    “And Satan trembles when he sees
    The weakest saint upon his knees.”
    —William Cowper (1731–1800)

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

    “There are knives that glitter like altars
    In a dark church
    Where they bring the cripple and the imbecile
    To be healed.

    There’s a woden block where bones are broken,
    Scraped clean—a river dried to its bed”
    —Charles Simic (b. 1938)