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.

-Arnold, Matthew
  'Dover Beach', stanza 3.

If you carry this resolution, you will send a Foreign Secretaryöwhoever he may beönaked into the conference chamber.You call that statesmanship. I call it an emotional spasm.

-Bevan, Aneurin
  Labour Party conference speech against unilateral disarmament, Oct.

And when the woman saw that the tree wasgood for food, and that it waspleasanttothe eyes,and atreetobe desired to make one wise she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also to her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them bothwere opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the L God walking inthegarden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the L God amongst the trees of the garden.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDORDGenesis 3:6^8. In the GenevaBible of1560, the word'aprons'was rendered'breeches', and the versionwas therefore known as the Breeches Bible.

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said,Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat? 86

-Bible (Old Testament)
Genesis 3:10^11.

Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the L gave, and the L hath taken away; blessed be the name of the L.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDORDORDJob1:21.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and yegaveme drink: Iwas a stranger, and yetook me in: Naked,and ye clothedme: Iwassick, and yevisited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 25:35^6.

Behold,Icomeas athief.Blessed ishethat watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathereth them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Revelation16:15^16.

My mother groaned! my father wept. Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping loud Like a fiend hid in a cloud.

-Blake,William
  Songs of Experience,'Infant Sorrow'.

  No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise.

-Congreve,William
  The Double Dealer, act 5, sc.6.

Th' have left thee naked, Lord,O that they had! Thisgarment too I would they had denied. Thee with thyself they have too richly clad, Opening the purple wardrobe of thy side. O never could be found garments too good For thee to wear, but these, of thine own blood.

-Crashaw, Richard
  'On Our Crucified Lord, Naked and Bloody'.

In that sharp light the fields did lie Naked and stone-like; each tree stood Like a tranced woman, bound and stark, Far off the wood With darkness ridged the riven dark. 336

-Freeman,John
  'Stone Trees'.

A naked moment in politics.

-Gergen, David Richmond
  On the vulnerability of the President. In the NewYork Times, 31 Oct.

A naked lunch is natural to us, we eat reality sandwiches. But allegories are so much lettuce. Don't hide the madness.

-Ginsberg, Allen
  'On Burroughs'  Work'.

And naked to the hangman's noose The morning clocks will ring A neck God made for other use Than strangling in a string.

-Housman, A(lfred) E(dward)
  A Shropshire Lad, no.9.

A whore may be naked, but a mistress is nude.We are talking class.

-Kilpatrick,JamesJ
  Fine Print: Reflections on the Writing  Art.

It is a terrible thing, this kindness that human beings do not lose. Terrible because when we are finally naked in the dark and cold, it is all we have.

-Le Guin, Ursula ne¤  e Kroeber
  The Left Hand of Darkness, ch.13.

The Naked and the Dead.

-Mailer, Norman Kingsley
   Title of novel.

Naked she lay, clasped in my longing arms, I filled with love, and she all over charms, Both equally inspired with eager fire, Melting through kindness, flaming in desire; With arms, legs, lips, close clinging to embrace.

-Rochester,JohnWilmot, 2nd Earl of
c.1672  'The Imperfect Enjoyment', l.1^6 (published1680).

The poet must be free to love or hate as the spirit moves him, freeto change, freeto be a chameleon, freetobe an enfant terrible. He must above all never worry about his effect on other people.Power requires that one do just that all the time. Power requires that the inner person never be unmasked.No, we poetshavetogo naked. And since this is so, it is better that we stay private people; a naked public person would be rather ridiculous, what?

-Sarton, May
  Hilary Stevens. Mrs Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing, pt.2.

Where blind and naked Ignorance Delivers brawling judgements, unashamed, On all things all day long.

-Tennyson
  Idylls of the King,'Merlin andVivien', l.662^4.