Famous quotes containing the words fir and/or lang:
“Below me trees unnumbered rise,
Beautiful in various dyes:
The gloomy pine, the poplar blue,
The yellow beech, the sable yew,
The slender fir that taper grows,
The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs.”
—John Dyer (1699–1758)
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
...
We’ll tak a cup o’kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)