Buzzing

Famous quotes containing the word buzzing:

“Poor harmless fly,
That with his pretty buzzing melody
Came here to make us merry. And thou hast killed him!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“In the cowslips peeps I lie,
Hidden from the buzzing fly,
While green grass beneath me lies,
Pearled wi’ dew like fishes’ eyes,
Here I lye, a clock-a-clay,
Waiting for the time o’ day.”
—John Clare (1793–1864)

“She wants to
throw the tribute away, dis-
gusted, and can’t,
it goes on buzzing in her ear,
it changes the pace of her walk....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)