Rod

Famous quotes containing the word rod:

    Alas,

    For the tireless heart within the little
    Lady with rod that made them rise
    From their noon apple-dreams, and scuttle
    Goose-fashion under the skies!
    John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

    For the first fourteen years for a rod they do whine,
    For the next as a pearl in the world they do shine,
    For the next trim beauty beginneth to swerve,
    For the next matrons or drudges they serve,
    For the next doth crave a staff for a stay,
    For the next a bier to fetch them away.
    Thomas Tusser (c. 1520–1580)

    From pleasure of the bed,
    Dull as a worm,
    His rod and its butting head
    Limp as a worm ...
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)