Famous quotes containing the words virgin and/or river:
“Truly, My Satan, thou art but a Dunce,
And dost not know the Garment from the Man.
Every Harlot was a Virgin once,
Nor can’st thou ever change Kate into Nan.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“but we wish the river had another shore,
some further range of delectable mountains,”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)