Red Birds

Famous quotes containing the words red and/or birds:

    “The red of her lower lip
    kissed off by her lover at night
    can be seen at dawn,
    reflected in the eyes
    of other wives.”
    —Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)

    “Calico Pie,
    The little Birds fly
    Down to the calico tree,
    Their wings were blue,
    And they sang “Tilly-loo!”
    Till away they flew—
    And they never came back to me!”
    —Edward Lear (1812–1888)