Famous quotes containing the words tender and/or grass:
“When the ground was partially bare of snow, and a few warm days had dried its surface somewhat, it was pleasant to compare the first tender signs of the infant year just peeping forth with the stately beauty of the withered vegetation which had withstood the winter ... decent weeds, at least, which widowed Nature wears.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Walking around in the park
Should feel better than work:
The lake, the sunshine,
The grass to lie on....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)