"Roam" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Nelly's broken arm was healed, The doctor took her to his home; He could not let the helpless child About the streets of London roam. ...
— My Dog Tray • Unknown
... "Why—" I dubiously began. "Never mind," she cried, archly. "If you were thinking of some one in your Northern home, they will be prized because the thought, at any rate, was beautiful and genuine. 'Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, my heart, untravelled, fondly turns to thee.' Now don't you be embarrassed by an old woman!" I desired to inform her that I disliked her, but one can never do those things; and, anxious to learn ...
— The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories • Owen Wister
... Damayanti. Seeking him Through thickets have I roamed, over rough hills, By crag and river and the reedy lake, By marsh and waterfall and jungle-bush, In quest of him—my lord, my warrior, My hero—and still roam, uncomforted. Worshipful brethren! say if he hath come— Nishadha's Chief, my Nala, hitherward Unto your pleasant homes—he, for whose sake I wander in the dismal pathless wood With bears and tigers haunted—terrible! ...
— Hindu Literature • Epiphanius Wilson
... thought he knew some ill of me. No peace, no comfort could I find, No ease within doors or without; And crazily and wearily I went my work about; And oft was moved to flee from home And hide my head where wild beasts roam. ...
— The Children's Garland from the Best Poets • Various
... eyes roam west and a momentary light of eagerness leaped in them. Then he wheeled eastward and the light paled into the deadness of despair. After a moment he straightened himself and braced his shoulders. At the end he spoke with a ...
— The Tyranny of Weakness • Charles Neville Buck
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