“The young men strained upon the crank
To wring the last reluctant inch.
They laughed together, fair and frank,
And threw their loins across the winch.”
"Making Cider"
The Land (1926)
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English writer and gardener 1892–1962Related quotes

Source: The Little Minister (1891), Ch. 1 : The Love-Light
Context: The gladness of living was in your step, your voice was melody, and he was wondering what love might be.
You were the daughter of a summer night, born where all the birds are free, and the moon christened you with her soft light to dazzle the eyes of man. Not our little minister alone was stricken by you into his second childhood. To look upon you was to rejoice that so fair a thing could be; to think of you is still to be young.

“I've jibe and joke,
And quip and crank,
For lowly folk
And men of rank.”
The Yeomen of the Guard (1888)

“But so fair,
She takes the breath of men away
Who gaze upon her unaware.”
Bianca Among the Nightingales http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=3035&poem=127031, st. 12 (1862).