Stroke Count

Famous quotes containing the words stroke and/or count:

    “The five kings count the dead but do not soften
    The crusted wound nor stroke the brow;
    A hand rules pity as a hand rules heaven;
    Hands have no tears to flow.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “I count three days
    since her beautiful lips
    touched the fine wheat
    her frail body
    disdains nourishment:
    she suffers....”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)