Quotes by Tree I have read somewhere that in the Emperor's palace at Byzantium was a tree made of gold and silver, and artificial birds that sang. William Butler Yeats byzantiumtreebird No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar. William Cowper huepeculiartree Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock'd in the cradle of the western breeze. William Cowper rocksspringtree Out of the fragrant heart of bloom, The bobolinks are singing; Out of the fragrant heart of bloom The apple-tree whispers to the room, "Why art thou but a nest of gloom While the bobolinks are singing? William Dean Howells applestreeart A tree there is that from its topmost bough William Butler Yeats dewflamestree The earth is all the home I have, the heavens my wide roof-tree William Edmondstoune Aytoun hometreeheaven For it's home, dearie, home--it's home I want to be. William Ernest Henley seahometree How shall I speak thee, or thy power address Thou God of our idolatry, the Press. . . . . Like Eden's dead probationary tree, Knowledge of good and evil is from thee. William Cowper edeneviltree We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread, And range an Indian waste without a tree. William Cowper shadeselftree He was doing missionary work. But from the outset he had little success in convincing his charges of their responsibility for a sin committed at the beginning of creation, one which, as they understood it, they were ready and capable (indeed, they carried charms to assure it) of duplicating themselves. He did no better convincing them that a man had died on a tree to save them all: an act which one old Indian, if Gwyon had translated correctly, regarded as "rank presumption". William Gaddis responsibilitytreemen The Internet is part of this ongoing, species-long project we've been working on since we climbed down out of the trees in the savanna. We've been working on it without really knowing it. William Gibson knowingtreelong Caddy smelled like trees. William Faulkner tree The tears that kept Buttercup company the remainder of the day were not at all like those that had blinded her into the tree trunk. Those were noisy and hot; they pulsed. These were silent and steady and all they did was remind her that she wasn’t good enough. She was seventeen, and every male she’d ever known had crumbled at her feet and it meant nothing. The one time it really mattered, she wasn’t good enough. William Goldman tearsfeettree Trees are contagious; as soon as one neighborhood or street is planted, citizen pressure builds up for action from the next street. William H. Whyte nextcitizenstree If humans died in a healthy culture, they would not lock out the earth in metal coffins and carve their names on stone monuments, but would instead place the naked body in the earth and plant a tree above the silent heart. William Irwin Thompson nameshearttree You cannot force growth of human life and civilization, any more than you can force these slow-growing trees. That is the economy of Almighty God, that all good growth is slow growth. William Jay Gaynor growthtreecivilization Jolly boating weather, William Johnson Cory haytreeweather My voice sounded like one of the guinea fowl that screeched in our trees as it pooped, but I never let that stop me. William Kamkwamba fowlvoicetree In a cool solitude of trees Where leaves and birds a music spin, Mind that was weary is at ease, New rhythms in the soul begin. William Kean Seymour soultreebird Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny. William James destinytreemen«112113114115116117118119120121122»
