Fresh Pond Cambridge

Famous quotes containing the words fresh, pond and/or cambridge:

    “Flowers laugh before thee upon their beds
    And fragrance in thy footing treads;
    Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong;
    And the most ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong.”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    “What if all ponds were shallow? Would it not react on the minds of men? I am thankful that this pond was made deep and pure for a symbol. While men believe in the infinite some ponds will be thought to be bottomless.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “For Cambridge people rarely smile,
    Being urban, squat, and packed with guile.”
    —Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)