Carols Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

“The Swan Oh, a swan! Blooming in grace and power. Were you thrown out of the forest of reeds by Pan To flourish as…

— Gertrud Kolmar

“One evening he was in his room, his brow pressing hard against the pane, looking, without seeing them, at the chestnut trees in the…

— Théophile Gautier

“The Night-Swans by Walter De la Mare 'Tis silence on the enchanted lake, And silence in the air serene, Save for the beating of…

— Walter de la Mare

“It was a dead swan. Its body lay contorted on the beach like an abandoned lover. I looked at the bird for a long…

— Terry Tempest Williams

She comes majestic with her swelling sails, The gallant Ship: along her watery way, Homeward she drives before the favouring gales; Now flirting at…

— Robert Southey

“There was a tiny silence, only the soft hum of the fluorescence. I thought of her in the cold ruined house, with night birds…

— Tana French The Likeness

That stirring which had fluttered in her on first glimpsing the sea—that stirring landlocked children know so well—moved in her now, with the golden…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“There is a willow grows aslant the brook that shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream; therewith fantastic garlands did she make of…

— William Shakespeare

“She was an elf She turned the lake to swamp A dark and warm marsh Her body sunk down There unshaken lay”

— J.M.K. Walkow

“Upon the scent of dying jasmine she loomed out that solemn brook, spinning herself a crown of silver, witches bones and citadels. For her…

— Arthur Crow

“That night she heard the branches tapping against the house and the window frames rattle. She sat alone and thought of the geese, she…

— James Salter

The evening advanced. The shadows lengthened. The waters of the lake grew pitchy black. The gliding of the ghostly swans became rare and more…

— Wilkie Collins