Winter Migratory Birds

Famous quotes containing the words winter and/or birds:

    “The change from storm and winter to serene and mild weather, from dark and sluggish hours to bright and elastic ones, is a memorable crisis which all things proclaim. It is seemingly instantaneous at last.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The sun descending in the west,
    The evening star does shine;
    The birds are silent in their nest,
    And I must seek for mine.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)