Widow Bird

Famous quotes containing the words widow and/or bird:

    “. . . A widow bird sat mourning for her love
    Upon a wintry bough;
    The frozen wind crept on above,
    The freezing stream below.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    “The caged bird sings
    with a fearful trill
    of things unknown
    but longed for still
    and his tune is heard
    on the distant hill
    for the caged bird
    sings of freedom.”
    —Maya Angelou (b. 1928)