Mountains Rise

Famous quotes containing the words mountains and/or rise:

    “From the mountains to the prairies,
    To the oceans white with foam,
    God bless America,
    My home sweet home!”
    —Irving Berlin (1888–1989)

    “the petals creak and
    begin to rise.
    They rise and recurl
    to a bud’s form
    and clamp shut.
    I wait in the dark.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)