Fire Whitman

Famous quotes containing the words fire and/or whitman:

“We could not well camp higher, for want of fuel; and the trees here seemed so evergreen and sappy, that we almost doubted if they would acknowledge the influence of fire; but fire prevailed at last, and blazed here, too, like a good citizen of the world.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and
self-contained,”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)