Beat

Famous quotes containing the word beat:

“the grave,
so humble, so willing to be beat upon
with its awful lettering and
the body lying underneath
without an umbrella.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“They burned with fierce love always to come near,
But honor beat them back and kept them clear.”
—John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

“And at dawn, the drums still beat on the sleepless plain like an unstoppable heart.”
—Jacques Roumain (1907–1945)