Bowed String

Famous quotes containing the words bowed and/or string:

    Then bowed down the highest tree
    unto his mother’s hand;
    Then she cried, “See, Joseph,
    I have cherries at command.”
    Unknown. The Cherry-Tree Carol (l. 26–28)

    The string quartet plays for itself,
    gently, gently, sleeves and waxy bows.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)