Painted Bird

Famous quotes containing the words painted and/or bird:

    “The sleeping and the dead
    Are but as pictures; ‘tis the eye of childhood
    That fears a painted devil.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “the bird in the poplar tree
    dreaming, his head
    tucked into
    far-and-near exile under his wing ...”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)