St Lawrence River

Famous quotes containing the words lawrence and/or river:

    Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
    —Bible: New Testament St. Paul, in Titus, 1:15.

    See Lawrence on Puritans.

    Ask me no more: thy fate and mine are sealed;
    I strove against the stream and all in vain;
    Let the great river take me to the main.
    No more, dear love, for at a touch I yield;
    Ask me no more.
    Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)