Famous quotes containing the words sand, laurel and/or oak:
“But the twelve lie in the sand by the dry rock
Seeing nothing—the sand, the tree, rocks
Without number—and turn away the face
To the mind’s briefer and more desert place.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“The strongest poison ever known
Came from Caesar’s laurel crown.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“The leaves are all dead on the ground,
Save those that the oak is keeping”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
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