Quotes by Cypresses The cypress boat is frequently a symbol of fluctuating intention. Arthur Waley cypressesboatintention When I am dead, my dearest, Christina Rossetti cypress-treescypressessong It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens. Confucius cypressesevergreenswinter Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade. Confucius cypresseslastswinter Along the avenue of cypresses, D. H. Lawrence cypressesblackgold He lies below, correct in cypress wood, And entertains the most exclusive worms. Dorothy Parker cypresseswoodslying The oak has not the efficacy of the fir, nor the cypress that of the elm. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio cypressesefficacyoaks 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 cypressesdespairtree For there no yew nor cypress spread their glom But roses blossom'd each rustic tomb. Thomas Campbell yewcypressesrose The cypresses are always occupying my thoughts. Vincent Van Gogh cypressesmy-thoughtsobsession Come away, come away, death, William Shakespeare cypressesmaidsfairness
