Woods

Famous quotes containing the word woods:

    The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey,
    The fields are fragrant and the woods are green.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    In the woods of Powhatan,
    Still ‘tis told by Indian fires
    How a daughter of their sires
    Saved a captive Englishman.
    William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)

    I have heard the voice of a hound, just before daylight, while the stars were shining, from over the woods and river, far in the horizon, when it sounded as sweet and melodious as an instrument.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)