main quotes

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.

-John Donne
  Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation no.17.

Cold is Cadwallon's tongue, That hushed the stormy main.

-Thomas Gray
  The Bard.  A Pindaric Ode, l.29^30.

Bonnie Charlie's now awa, Safely owre the friendly main; Monya heart will break in twa, Should he ne'er come back again. Will ye no come back again? Will ye no come back again? Better lo'ed ye canna be, Will ye no come back again?

- Caroline, Lady Nairne
'WillYe No Come Back  Again?', stanza1and chorus.