Swamp Sparrows

Famous quotes containing the words swamp and/or sparrows:

“I see less difference between a city and a swamp than formerly.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The wild beasts, sparrows pecking the llamas’ grain,
Pigeons settling on the bears’ bread, buzzards
Tearing the meat the flies have clouded. . . .”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)