Stood

Famous quotes containing the word stood:

“Thus she stood amid the stooks,
Praising God with sweetest looks:—”
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

“It sounded as if the streets were running,
And then the streets stood still.”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

“So there stood Matthew Arnold and this girl
With the cliffs of England crumbling away behind them,
And he said to her, “Try to be true to me,
And I’ll do the same for you, for things are bad
All over, etc., etc.””
—Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)