“Outcasts of war, misfits, rebellious souls, Seekers of some vague kingdom in the stars - They hide out in the hills and stir up trouble, Call themselves prophets, too, and prophesy, That something new is coming to the world, The Lord knows what! Well, it's a long time coming, And, meanwhile, we're the wheat between the stones.” KnowsWorldWellsLongWarSoulStarsLordTroubleLong TimeStonesKingdomsHillsProphetSomething NewVagueSeekersRebelliousWheatOutcastMisfits Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“The summer lasted a long long time, like verse after verse of a ballad, but when it ended, it ended like a man falling dead in the street of heart trouble. One night, all in one night, severe winter came, a white horse of snow rolling over Bountiful, snorting and rolling in its meadows, its fields.” MenHeartLongNightFallWhiteTroubleStreetsFieldsSummerLong TimeHorseWinterSnowVersesRollingSevereOne NightMeadowsBalladsWhite HorseRolling Over Book:The Peaceable Kingdom Source: The Peaceable Kingdom
“I still smile it's not worth the trouble any more for a long time now it's not been worth the trouble the tongue spring goes into the mud I stay like this not thirsty any more the tongue goes back into the mouth it closes it has to make a straight line now it's done I've made the image.” LongMadeStillsDoneLinesTroubleLong TimeSpringMouthsTongueMudThirstyStraight Lines Author:Samuel Beckett
“I never really had stage nerves but I did have had trouble getting up to the right energy level. For a long time I drank. I drank up until 1982 and then I gave up alcohol.” LongEnergyLevelsTroubleStageLong TimeAlcoholNervesDrankGave UpEnergy Levels Author:Gordon Lightfoot