Famous quotes containing the word slain:
“O dearly-bought revenge, yet glorious!
Living or dying thou hast fulfilld
The work for which thou wast foretold
To Israel, and now lyst victorious
Among thy slain self-killd
Not willingly, but tangld in the fold
Of dire necessity”
—John Milton (16081674)
“Come away, come away, death,
And in sad cypress let me be laid.
Fly away, fly away, breath,
I am slain by a fair cruel maid.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in
their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet,
with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!
Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.”
—Bible: Hebrew Second Samuel (l. I, 2325)