May Quote by Algernon Charles Swinburne

“Maybe late afternoon is autumn; summer’s retreat not being archived, but suspended, as the feathered vane of a bird wings its way across the…

— Michelle Cahill

And the wind upon its way whispered the boughs of May, And touched the nodding peony flowers to bid them waken.

— Siegfried Sassoon

“The spirit looks upon the Dust That fastened it so long With indignation, As a Bird Defrauded of it's Song.”

— Emily Dickinson

“... or in the forest; mingling various walks with the splash and murmur of the waves, and the solemn wind-anthem among the tree-tops.”

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“It was the song of the birds in spring and the call of the wind through bare branches on a cold winter afternoon. Fate.…

— Leslye Walton

“one felt the sacred intimacy of the birds and the trees; by day the wings rejoice the leaves, by night the leaves protect the…

— Victor Hugo

“Stray birds of the summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter…

— Tagore Rabindranath

“Then I will not repine Knowing that bird of mine Though flown shall in a distant tree Bright melody for me Return.”

— Emily Dickinson

“...words-- a flock of birds in a tree at nightfall.”

— Cassiano Ricardo

“The leaves were still on the trees, but were becoming dry, perched like birds ready to fly off.”

— Buchi Emecheta

“...the bird began to carry them to a new life in a new land. We'll be happy ever after, the queen wanted to whisper…

— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

“And there were birds singing, and--oh, I wish I could remember, and make you all see how lovely it was!--and flowers, and everything was…

— Shirley Jackson