Famous quotes containing the word lay:
“When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.”
—George Washington (17321799)
“Where is the world we roved, Ned Bunn?
Hollows thereof lay rich in shade
By voyagers old inviolate thrown
Ere Paul Pry cruised with Pelf and Trade.
To us old lads some thoughts come home
Who roamed a world young lads no more shall roam.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
“Long time he lay upon the sunny hill,
To his fathers house below securely bound.”
—Edwin Muir (18871959)