Two messengers covered with dust come to bid me fly, but I wait for him.

Meaning of the quote

This quote by Dolley Madison, a former First Lady of the United States, suggests that she was being urged to leave or "fly" by two messengers who were in a hurry, but she decided to wait for someone else instead. The messengers were likely trying to get her to leave quickly, but she chose to stay and wait for a different person, perhaps someone more important or someone she cared about.

About Dolley Madison

Dolley Madison, the wife of the 4th US president, was a pioneering social innovator who helped create the role of the First Lady. She famously saved a portrait of George Washington when the White House was burned by the British, and later struggled with poverty and her son’s mismanagement of their plantation. Historians consistently rank her among the most highly regarded First Ladies.

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