Foul

Famous quotes containing the word foul:

    “List, list, O list!
    If thou didst ever thy dear father love—
    ...
    Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.
    ...
    Murder most foul, as in the best it is,
    But this most foul, strange, and unnatural.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “This most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave
    o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with
    golden fire, why, it appeareth nothing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Come, let me sing into your ear;
    Those dancing days are gone,
    All that silk and satin gear;
    Crouch upon a stone,
    Wrapping that foul body up
    In as foul a rag....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)