Treasure Mountain Dome

Famous quotes containing the words treasure, mountain and/or dome:

    “Ye tradeful Merchants, that, with weary toil,
    Do seek most precious things to make your gain,
    And both the Indias of their treasure spoil,”
    —Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)

    “Is a park any better than a coal mine? What’s a mountain got that a slag pile hasn’t? What would you rather have in your garden—an almond tree or an oil well?”
    —Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944)

    “Drab Habitation of Whom?
    Tabernacle or Tomb—
    Or Dome of Worm—
    Or Porch of Gnome—
    Or some Elf’s Catacomb?”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)