Gold Maple Leaves

Famous quotes containing the words gold, maple and/or leaves:

    “We mustn’t touch them yet, but see and see!
    And what was green would by and by be gold.
    Their name was called the Gold Hesperidee.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Once they came on a maple in a glade,
    Standing alone with smooth arms lifted up,
    And every leaf of foliage she’d worn
    Laid scarlet and pale pink about her feet.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Let me just say, at once: I am not now nor have I ever been a white man. And, leaving aside the joys of unearned privilege, this leaves me feeling pretty good ...”
    —June Jordan (b. 1936)