Painted Bird

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

    “When the painted birds laugh in the shade,
    When our table with cherries and nuts is spread:
    Come live, and be merry, and join with me
    To sing the sweet chorus of ‘Ha, ha, he!’”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile,
    Hath not old custom made this life more sweet
    Than that of painted pomp?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Then the little Hiawatha
    Learned of every bird its language,
    Learned their names and all their secrets,”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)