Spade Tells

Famous quotes containing the words spade and/or tells:

    It is hard to believe that England is so near as from your letters it appears; and that this identical piece of paper has lately come all the way from there hither, begrimed with the English dust which made you hesitate to use it; from England, which is only historical fairyland to me, to America, which I have put my spade into, and about which there is no doubt.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    The cuckoo is a merry bird,
    He sings as he flies,
    He brings us glad tidings
    And tells us no lies.
    Unknown. The Cuckoo (l. 1–4)