Famous quotes containing the words forest, lawn, memorial and/or park:
“The reason is:
rats leave the sinking ship
but we . . .
we . . .
didnt leave,
so the ship
didnt sink,
and thats madness,
Lears song
thats Touchstones forest jest,
thats swan of Avon logic.”
—Hilda Doolittle (18861961)
“On the lawn at the villa
Thats the way to start, eh, reader?
We know where we standsomewhere expensive”
—Louis Simpson (b. 1923)
“When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.”
—Elizabeth I (15331603)
“Linnæus, setting out for Lapland, surveys his comb and spare shirt, leathern breeches and gauze cap to keep off gnats, with as much complacency as Bonaparte a park of artillery for the Russian campaign. The quiet bravery of the man is admirable.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)