Silver Laurel Leaf

Famous quotes containing the words silver, laurel and/or leaf:

    Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote;
    Spread o’er the silver waves thy golden hairs,
    And as a bed I’ll take them, and there lie.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    The strongest poison ever known
    Came from Caesar’s laurel crown.
    William Blake (1757–1827)

    Southern trees bear a strange fruit
    Blood on the leaf and blood at the root
    Black bodies swingin’ in the southern breeze
    Strange fruit hangin’ in the poplar trees.
    Billie Holiday [Eleanor Fagan] (1915–1959)