Flaming Green Tree

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

    “Between extremities
    Man runs his course;
    A brand, or flaming breath,
    Comes to destroy
    All those antinomies
    Of day and night....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “And a man of tan engages
    For the springtime of her pride,
    Eats the green by easy stages,
    Nibbles at the root beneath
    With intimidating teeth.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “If the tree is straight it need not fear casting a crooked shadow.”
    —Chinese proverb.