Silver Crow Pheasant

Famous quotes containing the words silver, crow and/or pheasant:

    “Listen where thou art sitting
    Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave,
    In twisted braids of lilies knitting
    The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair;
    Listen for dear honour’s sake,
    Goddess of the silver lake,
    Listen and save.”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)

    “The crow does not hide its prey, but calls for others to share it;
    So wealth will be with those of a like disposition.”
    —Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)

    “As our domestic fowls are said to have their original in the wild pheasant of India, so our domestic thoughts have their prototypes in the thoughts of her philosophers.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)