Wail

Famous quotes containing the word wail:

“See spring is gone,
ah wail, ah wail in vain,
for spring is dead.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“Come, little boy, and rock asleep;
Sing lullaby and be thou still;
I, that can do naught else but weep,
Will sit by thee and wail my fill:
God bless my babe, and lullaby
From this thy father’s quality.”
—Nicholas Breton (1542–1626)

“Wise men ne’er sit and wail their woes,
But presently prevent the ways to wail.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)