Weir River Estuary

Famous quotes containing the words weir, river and/or estuary:

    The first thing to be done by a biographer in estimating character is to examine the stubs of his victim’s cheque-books.
    —Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914)

    I journeyed to London, to the timekept City,
    Where the River flows, with foreign flotations.
    There I was told: we have too many churches,
    And too few chop-houses.
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    There is regret. Always, there is regret.
    But it is better that our lives unloose,
    As two tall ships, wind-mastered, wet with light,
    Break from an estuary with their courses set,
    And waving part, and waving drop from sight.
    Philip Larkin (1922–1986)