Hawthorn Fly

Famous quotes containing the words hawthorn and/or fly:

    “The soldier’s is the trade:
    In any wind or weather
    He steals the heart of maid
    And man together.

    The lover and his lass
    Beneath the hawthorn lying,”
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    “Sisters are always drying their hair.
    Locked into rooms, alone,
    They pose at the mirror, shoulders bare,
    Trying this way and that their hair,
    Or fly importunate down the stair
    To answer the telephone.”
    —Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978)