Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Famous quotes containing the words bird sanctuary, bird and/or sanctuary:

    “Mr. Bok is giving the bird sanctuary as a tract of land at this place. He is dedicating it as a bird sanctuary and putting up these bells to interest the birds in music.”
    —Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)

    “his head
    May not lie on the breast nor his lips on the hair
    Of the woman that he loves, until he dies.
    O beast of the wilderness, bird of the air,
    Must I endure your amorous cries?”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “He took the props down used for propping open,
    And set them up again for propping shut,
    The widespread double doors two stories high.
    The advantage-disadvantage of these doors
    Was that tramp taking sanctuary there
    Must leave them unlocked to betray his presence.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)