Famous quotes containing the word slain:
“If the red slayer think he slays,
Or if the slain think he is slain,
They know not well the subtle ways
I keep, and pass, and turn again.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“For the soul of Philip Sparrow
That was late slain at Carrow,
Among the Nunnes Black.”
—John Skelton (1460?–1529)
“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 (1564–1616)