Swamp Sparrows

Famous quotes containing the words swamp and/or sparrows:

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

    It seemed as if the breezes brought him,
    It seemed as if the sparrows taught him,
    As if by secret sign he knew
    Where in far fields the orchids grew.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)