Gently

Famous quotes containing the word gently:

“Then gently scan your brother Man,
Still gentler sister Woman;
Though they may gang a kennin wrang,
To step aside is human:”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)

“If thou and nature can so gently part,
The stroke of death is as a lover’s pinch,
Which hurts, and is desired.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“I asked, “What happens, father, when you die?”

He told where all the running water goes,
And dressed me gently in my little clothes.”
—Robert Pack (b. 1929)