Bear Woman

Famous quotes containing the words bear and/or woman:

“Make me to see’t, or at the least so prove it
That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
To hang a doubt on.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat, in unwomanly rags,
Plying her needle and thread—
Stitch! stitch! stitch!
In poverty, hunger and dirt
And still with a voice of dolorous pitch
She sang the “Song of the Shirt.””
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)