girdle quotes

The sea of faith Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world.

- Matthew Arnold
  'Dover Beach', stanza 3.

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 3:4.

Come, madam, come, all rest my powers defy, Until I labour, I in labour lie. The foe oft-times having the foe in sight, Is tired with standing though he never fight. Off with that girdle, like heaven's zone glistering, But a far fairer world encompassing. Unpin that spangled breastplate which you wear, That busy fools may be stopped there. Unlace yourself, for that harmonious chime Tells me from you that now 'tis your bed time.

-John Donne
c.1595  Elegies, no.19,'To His Mistress Going to Bed'.

   He tells you when you've got on too much lipstick, And helps you with your girdle when your hips stick.

- (Frederic) Ogden Nash
  Versus,'The Perfect Husband'.

Lust carries her sharp whip At her own girdle.

-John Webster
  TheWhite Devil, act 2, sc.1.