Famous quotes containing the word thames:
“I wander thro each charterd street,
Near where the charterd Thames does flow,
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe.”
—William Blake (17571827)
“The winds on the wold
And the night is a-cold,
And Thames runs chill
Twixt mead and hill.
But kind and dear
Is the old house here
And my heart is warm
Midst winters harm.”
—William Morris (18341896)
“Home! Yes! she would see Trafalgar Square, again; and Nelson on his plinth; and Chelsea Bridge as it dissolved into the Thames at twilight ... and St. Pauls, the single Amazon breast of her beloved native city.”
—Angela Carter (19401992)