Hiswhole carcassseemedtobemade of iron.There was no give in himöno bounce, no softness. He sailed through American history like a steel ship loaded with monoliths made of granite.

-Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis)
Of President Grover Cleveland. Quoted in Fred Hobson Mencken:  A Life (1994).

There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night dews on still waters between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass; Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.

-Tennyson
  Poems,'The Lotos^Eaters', Choric Song, stanza1, l.46^51.