Birds

Famous quotes containing the word birds:

    “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)

    “I sowed the seeds of love,
    It was all in the spring,
    In April, May, and June, likwise,
    When small birds they do sing.”
    —Mrs. Fleetwood Habergham (d. 1703)

    “We can never see Christianity from the catechism:Mfrom the pastures, from a boat in the pond, from amidst the songs of wood- birds we possibly may.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)