Thin White Duke

Famous quotes containing the words thin, white and/or duke:

“from above, thin squeaks of radio static,
The captured fume of space foams in our ears—”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)

“the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer,”
—Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)

“Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?”
—Vernon Duke (1903–1969)