Famous quotes containing the word drowned:
“Jaques. I was seeking for a fool when I found you.
Orlando. He is drowned in the brook; look but in, and you
shall see him.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“he changed and ran
Through many shapes; I lunged at the smooth throat
Of a great eel; it changed, and I but smote
A fir-tree roaring in its leafless top;
And thereupon I drew the livid chop
Of a drowned dripping body to my breast....”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
“He bore her away in his arms,
The handsomest young man there,
And his neck and his breast and his arms
Were drowned in her long dim hair.”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
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