Thomas Middle Island

Famous quotes containing the words thomas, middle and/or island:

    “Joy is the knock of dust, Cadaver’s shoot
    Of bud of Adam through his boxy shift....”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “At middle night great cats with silver claws,
    Bodies of shadow and blind eyes like pearls,
    Came up out of the hole, and red-eared hounds
    With long white bodies came out of the air
    Suddenly, and ran at them and harried them.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “They all came, some wore sentiments
    Emblazoned on T-shirts, proclaiming the lateness
    Of the hour, and indeed the sun slanted its rays
    Through branches of Norfolk Island pine as though
    Politely clearing its throat....”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)