Spreading Chestnut Tree

Famous quotes containing the words spreading chestnut, spreading and/or tree:

“Under the spreading chestnut tree
I sold you and you sold me:
There lie they, and here lie we
Under the spreading chestnut tree.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)

“Although its growth may seem to have been slow, it is to be remembered that it is not a shrub, or plant, to shoot up in the summer and wither in the frosts. The Red Cross is a part of us—it has come to stay—and like the sturdy oak, its spreading branches shall yet encompass and shelter the relief of the nation.”
—Clara Barton (1821–1912)

“On a tree by a river a little tom-tit Sang “Willow, titwillow, titwillow!”
And I said to him, “Dicky-bird, why do you sit Singing, “Willow, titwillow, titwillow!””
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)