Lightly

Famous quotes containing the word lightly:

“A simple child,
That lightly draws its breath,
And feels its life in every limb,
What should it know of death?”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

“tea, a decoction that enlarges the spleen and warpest the brain, or lightly floating the spirit for a while at last lands it in a dry place.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“Give her strewings, but not stir
The earth that lightly covers her.”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)