Watery

Famous quotes containing the word watery:

    “Let us erect in the Basin a lofty fountain.
    Suckled on ponds, the spirit craves a watery mountain.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “The wind speeds her,
    Blowing upon her hands
    And watery back.
    She touches the clouds, where she goes
    In the circle of her traverse of the sea.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Yes! in sea of life enisled,
    With echoing straits between us thrown,
    Dotting the shoreless watery wild,
    We mortal millions live alone.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)