Famous quotes containing the words swamp, laurel and/or oak:
“Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“The strongest poison ever known
Came from Caesar’s laurel crown.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“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)
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