Lay Speaking

Famous quotes containing the words lay and/or speaking:

    “The acorn’s not yet
    Fallen from the tree
    That’s to grow the wood,
    That’s to make the cradle,
    That’s to rock the bairn,
    That’s to grow a man,
    That’s to lay me.”
    —Unknown. The Cauld Lad of Hilton or, The Wandering Spectre (l. 2–8)

    “A man growing old is going
    down the dark stairs.
    He has been speaking of the Soul
    tattooed with the Law.
    Of dreams
    burnt in the bone.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)