Famous quotes containing the words red, black and/or tree:
“The red of her lower lip
kissed off by her lover at night
can be seen at dawn,
reflected in the eyes
of other wives.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)
“In night when colours all to black are cast,
Distinction lost, or gone down with the light;
The eyea watch to inward senses placed,
Not seeing, yet still having power of sight
Gives vain alarums to the inward sense”
—Fulke Greville (15541628)
“On a tree by a river a little tom-tit Sang Willow, titwillow, titwillow!
And I said to him, Dicky-bird, why do you sit Singing, Willow, titwillow, titwillow!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)
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