Lesser Sandhill Crane

Famous quotes containing the words lesser, sandhill and/or crane:

“Flower sent to flower;
for white hands, the lesser white,
less lovely of flower leaf.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“In the sandhill country, where the going was tougher, leaner, and lonelier, and the folklore tougher, fatter, and more plentiful, history may be retraced in the amusements of the people.”
—For the State of Nebraska, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“Wheeled swiftly, wings emerge from larval-silver hangars.
Taut motors surge, space-gnawing, into flight;”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)