Nailed

Famous quotes containing the word nailed:

“A master of men was the Goodly Fere,
A mate of the wind and sea,
If they think they ha’ slain our Goodly Fere
They are fools eternally.

I ha’ seen him eat o’ the honey-comb
Sin’ they nailed him to the tree.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

“Then with their nailed prows
Parted the Norsemen,”
—Unknown. Battle of Brunanburh (l. 93–94)

“I dreamed that one had died in a strange place
Near no accustomed hand;
And they had nailed the boards above her face....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)