Longed

Famous quotes containing the word longed:

    “The caged bird sings
    with a fearful trill
    of things unknown
    but longed for still
    and his tune is heard
    on the distant hill
    for the caged bird
    sings of freedom.”
    —Maya Angelou (b. 1928)

    “for never yet
    Has lover lived, but longed to wive
    Like them that are no more alive.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied.”
    —Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879)