Sea Level Rise

Famous quotes containing the words sea, level and/or rise:

    “The atoms of Democritus
    And Newton’s particles of light
    Are sands upon the Red Sea shore,
    Where Israel’s tents do shine so bright.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “[A writer] should try not to be too far, personally, below the level of his work.”
    —Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)

    “From this fat dungeon I could rise to skin
    And human title, putting pig within.”
    —Thom Gunn (b. 1929)