Swamp Chestnut Oak

Famous quotes containing the words swamp and/or oak:

“I see less difference between a city and a swamp than formerly.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Below me trees unnumbered rise,
Beautiful in various dyes:
The gloomy pine, the poplar blue,
The yellow beech, the sable yew,
The slender fir that taper grows,
The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs.”
—John Dyer (1699–1758)