Flaming Green Tree

Famous quotes containing the words flaming, green and/or tree:

    “Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend,
    For the lesson thou hast taught!
    Thus at the flaming forge of life
    Our fortunes must be wrought;
    Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
    Each burning deed and thought!”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)

    “Be the green grass above me,
    With showers and dewdrops wet;
    And if thou wilt, remember,
    And if thou wilt, forget.”
    —Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)

    “On a tree by a river a little tom-tit Sang “Willow, titwillow, titwillow!”
    And I said to him, “Dicky-bird, why do you sit Singing, “Willow, titwillow, titwillow!””
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)