Carol

Famous quotes containing the word carol:

“Then bowed down the highest tree
unto his mother’s hand;
Then she cried, “See, Joseph,
I have cherries at command.””
—Unknown. The Cherry-Tree Carol (l. 26–28)

“Ten for the Ten Commandments

Eleven for the ‘leven that went to heaven

Twelve for the twelve Apostles”
—Unknown. Carol of the Numbers (l. 30–32)

“It is not a carol of joy or glee,
But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core,
But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings—
I know why the caged bird sings!”
—Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)