Cradle

Famous quotes containing the word cradle:

“What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way to the coffin.”
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887)

“It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled annually.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

“So I cradle this average violin that knows
Only forgotten showtunes, but argues
The possibility of free declamation anchored
To a dull refrain....”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)