Linger

Famous quotes containing the word linger:

“Mine be a cot beside the hill;
A bee-hive’s hum shall soothe my ear;
A willowy brook, that turns a mill,
With many a fall shall linger near.”
—Samuel Rogers (1763–1855)

“We linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they are half forgotten ere we have learned the language.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“You linger your little hour and are gone,
And still the woods sweep leafily on....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)