"Writhen" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I know not what I say, Frenzied, tortured, torn on the rack of pain; Teach these pain-writhen lips once more to pray— Help me ...
— The Path of Dreams - Poems • Leigh Gordon Giltner
... drawn back a pace or two, and now stands leaning against one of the bent and writhen trunks of the old trees. He is still as pale as the dead, and looks all the paler for the ...
— Nancy - A Novel • Rhoda Broughton
... Autumn, I charge thee, when that I am dead, Be prest[143] and serviceable at her beck, Present her with thy goodliest ripen'd fruits; Unclothe no arbours, where she ever sat, Touch not a tree thou think'st she may pass by. And, Winter, with thy writhen, frosty face, Smooth up thy visage, when thou look'st on her; Thou never look'st on such bright majesty. A charmed circle draw about her court, Wherein warm days may dance, and no cold come: On seas let winds make war, not vex her rest; Quiet enclose her ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VIII (4th edition) • Various |
