Lay Speaking

Famous quotes containing the words lay and/or speaking:

    “An old man, broken with the storms of state,
    Is come to lay his weary bones among ye:
    Give him a little earth for charity.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “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)