Rose Tree

Famous quotes containing the words rose and/or tree:

    “Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then,
    Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;

    Bravest of all in Frederick town,
    She took up the flag the men hauled down;”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

    “A tree swayed overwater.
    A voice said:
    Stay. Stay by the slip-ooze. Stay.”
    —Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)