Swamp Laurel Oak

Famous quotes containing the words swamp, laurel and/or oak:

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

    “The graceful flowers of innocence are more valuable than the laurel crown of fame.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    “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)