Mound Building

Famous quotes containing the words mound and/or building:

    “... It is not the stones,
    But the child’s mound ...”
    “Don’t, don’t, don’t,
    don’t,” she cried.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    An island always pleases my imagination, even the smallest, as a small continent and integral portion of the globe. I have a fancy for building my hut on one. Even a bare, grassy isle, which I can see entirely over at a glance, has some undefined and mysterious charm for me.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)