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Sandburg, Carl
1878–1967
1878–1967
1
Hog Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders.
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work—
I am the grass; I cover all.
Little girl…Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
Poetry is the achievement of the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
Hog Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders.
"Chicago" (1916)
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
"Fog" (1916)
Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work—
I am the grass; I cover all.
"Grass" (1918)
Little girl…Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
The People, Yes
(1936).
Poetry is the achievement of the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
in
Atlantic Monthly
March 1923 "Poetry Considered"
Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
in
New York Times
13 February 1959
Sanders, Henry "Red"
1
Sure, winning isn't everything. It's the only thing.
Sure, winning isn't everything. It's the only thing.
in
Sports Illustrated
26 December 1955; often attributed to Vince Lombardi
Sandwich, Lord
1718–92
1718–92
1
If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first page, I will give him an immediate reply. Where he compels me to turn over the sheet, he must wait my leisure.
If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first page, I will give him an immediate reply. Where he compels me to turn over the sheet, he must wait my leisure.
N. W. Wraxall
Memoirs
(1884) vol. 1
Sansom, Martha
1690–1736
1690–1736
1
Foolish eyes, thy streams give over,
Wine, not water, binds the lover.
Foolish eyes, thy streams give over,
Wine, not water, binds the lover.
"Song" (written
c.
1726)
Santayana, George
1863–1952
1863–1952
1
Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.
The Life of Reason
(1905) vol. 1, introduction
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
The Life of Reason
(1905) vol. 1, ch. 12
Sappho
1
Just as the sweet-apple reddens on the high branch, high on the highest, and the apple-pickers missed it, or rather did not miss it out, but could not reach it.
describing a girl before her marriage
Just as the sweet-apple reddens on the high branch, high on the highest, and the apple-pickers missed it, or rather did not miss it out, but could not reach it.
describing a girl before her marriage
D. L. Page (ed.)
Lyrica Graeca Selecta
(1968) no. 224
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