Swamp Chestnut Oak

Famous quotes containing the words swamp and/or oak:

“Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)

“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)