Famous quotes containing the words carol, stream and/or fire:
“Then bowed down the highest tree
unto his mothers hand;
Then she cried, See, Joseph,
I have cherries at command.”
—Unknown. The Cherry-Tree Carol (l. 2628)
“We see which way the stream of time doth run.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“I sometimes left a good fire when I went to take a walk in a winter afternoon; and when I returned, three or four hours afterward, it would be still alive and glowing. My house was not empty though I was gone. It was as if I had left a cheerful housekeeper behind. It was I and Fire that lived there; and commonly my housekeeper proved trustworthy.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)