Daisies

Famous quotes containing the word daisies:

    When daisies pied and violets blue,
    And lady-smocks, all silver-white,
    And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue
    Do paint the meadows with delight,
    The cuckoo then on every tree
    Mocks married men, for thus sings he:
    Cuckoo!
    Cuckoo, cuckoo—O word of fear,
    Unpleasing to a married ear.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    ... counted the stars, my little campaigners,
    my scar daisies ...
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    And though your daisies are an unwanted death,
    I wade through the smell of their cancer
    and recognize the prognosis,
    its cartful of loss . . .
    I say now,
    you gave what you could.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)