Meek

Famous quotes containing the word meek:

“Even from the first it is meek to seek the impossible.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

“Out then spak her father dear,
And he spak meek and mild,
And ever alas, sweet Janet, he says,
I think thou gaes wi’ child.

If that I gae wi’ child, father,
Mysel maun bear the blame;
There’s ne’er a laird about your ha’,
Shall get the bairn’s name.”
—Unknown. Tam Lin (l. 53–60)

“But the conquered grew meek and still.
They slowly and silently aged.
They kept their secrets and died....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)