Stood

Famous quotes containing the word stood:

“I never saw so sweet a face
As that I stood before:
My heart has left its dwelling-place
And can return no more.”
—John Clare (1793–1864)

“When from thy shore the tempest beat us back,
I stood upon the hatches in the storm.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“The Roman Empire stood appalled:
It dropped the reins of peace and war
When that fierce virgin and her Star
Out of the fabulous darkness called.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)