American Elms

Famous quotes containing the words american and/or elms:

“The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background.”
—Edith Wharton (1862–1937)

“‘No, no; for my virginity,
When I lose that,’ says Rose, ‘I’ll die’:
‘Behind the elms last night,’ cried Dick,
‘Rose, were you not extremely sick?’”
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721)