Leafy Stems

Famous quotes containing the words leafy and/or stems:

    “I know of the leafy paths that the witches take
    Who come with their crowns of pearl and their spindles of wool,
    And their secret smile, out of the depths of the lake....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “One who pressed forward incessantly and never rested from his labors, who grew fast and made infinite demands on life, would always find himself in a new country or wilderness, and surrounded by the raw material of life. He would be climbing over the prostrate stems of primitive forest-trees.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)