Bulwer-Lytton Edward 1803-1873
A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
Burns Robert 1759-1796
‘Comin thro' the rye'
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body
Need a body cry?
Farmer Edward c.1809-1876
‘The Collier's Dying Child'
I have no pain, dear mother, now;
But oh! I am so dry:
Just moisten poor Jim's lips once more;
And, mother, do not cry!
Johnson Samuel 1709-1784
If the man who turnips cries,
Cry not when his father dies,
‘Tis a proof that he had rather
Have a turnip than his father.
Lardner Ring 1885-1933
How can you write if you can't cry?
Le Gallienne Richard 1866-1947
‘The Cry of the Little Peoples'
The cry of the Little People goes up to God in vain,
For the world is given over to the cruel sons of Cain.
Liberace Wladziu Valentino 1919-1987
Autobiography
When the reviews are bad I tell my staff that they can join me as I cry all the way to the bank.
Plath Sylvia 1932-1963
„Morning Song"
Love set you going like a fat gold watch.
The midwife slapped your footsoles, and
your bald cry
Took its place among the elements.
Quarles Francis 1592-1644
The Shepherd's Oracles
We'll cry both arts and learning down,
And hey! then up go we!
Rhys Jean 1894-1979
Good Morning, Midnight
Some must cry so that others may be able
to laugh the more heartily.
Rouault Georges 1871-1958
For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.
Shakespeare William 1564-1616
Henry V
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit; and, upon this charge
Cry ‘God for Harry! England and Saint George!'
Shakespeare William 1564-1616
King Lear
When we are born we cry that we are come
To this great stage of fools.
Stephens James 1882-1950
‘The Snare'
I hear a sudden cry of pain!
There is a rabbit in a snare.
Watkyns Richard
When I was born I did lament and cry
And now each day doth shew the reason why.
Tennyson Alfred Lord 1809-1892
In Memoriam A.H.H.
But what am I ?
An infant crying in the night:
An infant crying for the light:
And with no language but a cry.
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