State Folk Song

Famous quotes containing the words state, folk and/or song:

    “If the propositions of this Discourse are tenable, the “state of progressive collapse” is precisely that state in which alone we are warranted in considering All Things.”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    “An’ when the earth’s as cauld’s the mune
    An’ a’ its folk are lang syne deid,
    On coontless stars the Babe maun cry
    An’ the Crucified maun bleed.”
    —Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978)

    “I shall not sing a May song.
    A May song should be gay.
    I’ll wait until November
    And sing a song of gray.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)