Trees Die

Famous quotes containing the words trees and/or die:

    “Below me trees unnumbered rise,
    Beautiful in various dyes:
    The gloomy pine, the poplar blue,
    The yellow beech, the sable yew,
    The slender fir that taper grows,
    The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs.”
    —John Dyer (1699–1758)

    “To die for one’s country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.”
    —Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)