Narrow Water

Famous quotes containing the words narrow and/or water:

    “Each in his narrow cell for ever laid,
    The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.”
    —Thomas Gray (1716–1771)

    “Lord, crack their teeth! Lord, crush these lions’ jaws!
    So let them sink as water in the sand;
    When deadly bow their aiming fury draws,
    Shiver the shaft ere past the shooter’s hand.
    So make them melt as the dishoused snail”
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm LVIII (Paraphrased by the Countess of Pembroke)