Twelve

Famous quotes containing the word twelve:

“Peering, I heard the hooves come down the hill.
The posse passed, twelve horse; the leader’s face
Was worn as limestone on an ancient sill.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)

“It is even in
prose, I am a real poet. My poem
is finished and I haven’t mentioned
orange yet It’s twelve poems, I call
it oranges.”
—Frank O’Hara (1926–1966)

“The first day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree.”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 1–3)