Quotes by Cypresses The cypress boat is frequently a symbol of fluctuating intention. Arthur Waley cypresses boat intention When I am dead, my dearest, Christina Rossetti cypress-trees cypresses song It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens. Confucius cypresses evergreens winter Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade. Confucius cypresses lasts winter Along the avenue of cypresses, D. H. Lawrence cypresses black gold He lies below, correct in cypress wood, And entertains the most exclusive worms. Dorothy Parker cypresses woods lying The oak has not the efficacy of the fir, nor the cypress that of the elm. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio cypresses efficacy oaks Bid me despair, and I'll despair,Under that cypress tree;Or bid me die, and I will dareE'en Death, to die for thee. Robert Herrick cypresses despair tree For there no yew nor cypress spread their glom But roses blossom'd each rustic tomb. Thomas Campbell yew cypresses rose The cypresses are always occupying my thoughts. Vincent Van Gogh cypresses my-thoughts obsession Come away, come away, death, William Shakespeare cypresses maids fairness