Green Islands

Famous quotes containing the words green and/or islands:

    “Like the bee that now is blown,
    Honey-heavy on my hand,
    From his toppling tansy-throne
    In the green tempestuous land—”
    —Edmund Blunden (1896–1974)

    “we are so many
    and many within themselves
    travel to far islands but no one
    asks for their story....”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)