Quotes by Saplings On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;The wind it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn snow the leaves. A. E. Housman saplings snow wind Any fool can destroy trees, they cannot run away. John Muir saplings running tree A gnarled old branch dulls the blade that severs a sapling. Robert Jordan blades branches saplings