River Axe

River Axe may refer to:

  • River Axe (Lyme Bay), an English river flowing south through Axminster to the English Channel in Lyme Bay near Seaton
  • River Axe (Bristol Channel), an English river flowing west from the Mendip Hills to the Bristol Channel near Weston-super-Mare

Famous quotes containing the words river and/or axe:

    “Up a lazy river by the old mill run, that lazy, lazy river in the noonday sun.”
    —Sidney Arodin, U.S. songwriter. “Lazy River,” Peer International Corp. (1931)

    “For one that comes with a pencil to sketch or sing, a thousand come with an axe or rifle. What a coarse and imperfect use Indians and hunters make of nature! No wonder that their race is so soon exterminated.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)