Flew

Famous quotes containing the word flew:

    “Out flew the web and floated wide;
    The mirror cracked from side to side;
    ‘The curse is come upon me,’ cried
    The Lady of Shalott.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “The wanton snow flew to her breast,
    Like pretty birds into their nest,
    But, overcome with whiteness there,
    For grief it thaw’d into a tear:
    Thence falling on her garments’ hem,
    To deck her, froze into a gem.”
    —William Strode (1602?–1645)

    “A red-headed woodpecker flew across the river, and the Indian remarked that it was good to eat.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)