Famous quotes containing the words ports and/or tree:
“When its errands are noble and adequate, a steamboat bridging the Atlantic between Old and New England, and arriving at its ports with the punctuality of a planet, is a step of man into harmony with nature.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“On a tree by a river a little tom-tit Sang Willow, titwillow, titwillow!
And I said to him, Dicky-bird, why do you sit Singing, Willow, titwillow, titwillow!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)