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)
“You whig emblem, you woman chaser,
why do you dance over the wide lawn tonight
clanging the garbage pail like great silver bells?”
—Anne Sexton (19281974)
“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)
“Therefore awake! make haste, I say,
And let us, without staying,
All in our gowns of green so gay
Into the Park a-maying!”
—Unknown. Sister, Awake! (L. 912)