Upper Wickham Lane

Famous quotes containing the words upper, wickham and/or lane:

    If the upper beams are not straight, the lower beams will be crooked.
    Chinese proverb.

    It is well within the order of things
    That man should listen when his mate sings;
    But the true male never yet walked
    Who liked to listen when his mate talked.
    —Anna Wickham (1884–1947)

    The dusk runs down the lane driven like hail;
    Far off a precise whistle is escheat
    To the dark; and then the towering weak and pale....
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)