Alton Wood River

Famous quotes containing the words wood and/or river:

“For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 23:31.

“Nature seemed to have adorned herself for our departure with a profusion of fringes and curls, mingled with the bright tints of flowers, reflected in the water. But we missed the white water-lily, which is the queen of river flowers, its reign being over for this season.... Many of this species inhabit our Concord water.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)