Lean

Famous quotes containing the word lean:

“On no work of words now for three lean months in the bloody
Belly of the rich year and the big purse of my body
I bitterly take to task my poverty and craft....”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

“Falstaff sweats to death,
And lards the lean earth as he walks along.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“At any rate, the line is
Long and electric. Lean beyond and nod.
Be sprightly. Wave. Extend your hand and teeth.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)