Leaning

Famous quotes containing the word leaning:

    “he dreadful darts
    With rapid glide along the leaning line;
    And, fixing in the wretch his cruel fangs”
    —James Thomson (1700–1748)

    “And then I ran to get away,
    But when I stopped and turned to see,
    The tree was bending to the side
    And leaning out to look at me.”
    —Elizabeth Madox Roberts (1880–1941)

    “Whether in the bringing of the flowers or the food
    She offers plenty, and is part of plenty,
    And whether I see her stooping, or leaning with the flowers,
    What she does is ages old, and she is not simply,
    No, but lovely in that way.”
    —Bernard Spencer (1909–1963)