Weeping

Famous quotes containing the word weeping:

“There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 8:12.

Referring to “the children of the kingdom ... cast out into outer darkness.” The words are also used in the parable of the talents, in Matthew 25:30, said of the “unprofitable servant.”

“And weeping fast as she had breath
Janet implored us, ‘Wake her from her sleep!’
And would not be instructed in how deep
Was the forgetful kingdom of death.”
—John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

“Man’s feeble race what ills await!
Labour, and Penury, the racks of Pain,
Disease, and Sorrow’s weeping train,
And Death, sad refuge from the storms of Fate!”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)