Swamp Chestnut Oak

Famous quotes containing the words swamp and/or oak:

“To warm the frozen swamp as best it could
With the slow smokeless burning of decay.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“I could lecture on dry oak leaves; I could, but who would hear me? If I were to try it on any large audience, I fear it would be no gain to them, and a positive loss to me. I should have behaved rudely toward my rustling friends.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)