Famous quotes containing the word shook:
“If any man drew near
When I was young,
I thought, “He holds her dear,”
And shook with hate and fear.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“She leaned far out on the window-sill,
And shook it forth with a royal will.
“Shoot, if you must, this old gray head,
But spare your country’s flag,” she said.
A shade of sadness, a blush of shame,
Over the face of the leader came;”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
“They put arsenic in his meat
And stared aghast to watch him eat;
They poured strychnine in his cup
And shook to see him drink it up:”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)