Winter Migratory Birds

Famous quotes containing the words winter and/or birds:

    Whenas the Chill Sirocco blowes,
    And Winter tells a heavy tale;
    When Pyes and Dawes and Rookes and Crows,
    Sit cursing of the frosts and snowes;
    Then give me Ale.
    Thomas Bonham (d. 1629?)

    The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
    Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 8:20.