Crowns Quote by Andrew Marvell

How vainly men themselves amaze, / To win the palm, the oak, or bays; / And their incessant labours see / Crowned from some…

— Andrew Marvell

From the root, the sap rises up into the artist, flows through him, flows to his eye. Overwhelmed and activated by the force of…

— Paul Klee

Interspersed in lawn and opening glades, Thin trees arise that shun each others' shades.

— Alexander Pope

Vain vision! when the changing world each day Sees some such lordly pleasance pass away; When the mere stripling knows my symbols all Worn…

— Ruth Pitter

Vain-glorious man, when fluttering wind does blow In his light wing's, is lifted up to sky; The scorn of-knighthood and true chivalry. To think,…

— Edmund Spenser

I willingly confess to so great a partiality for trees as tempts me to respect a man in exact proportion to his respect for…

— James Russell Lowell

They who wander widest lift No more of beauties' jealous veils, Than they who from their doorways see The miracle of flowers and trees.

— John Greenleaf Whittier

When flowers are full of heaven-descended dews, they always hang their heads; but men hold theirs the higher the more they receive, getting proud…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Where'er the oak's thick branches stretch A broader browner shade; Where'er the rude and moss-grown beech O'er-canopies the glade, Beside some water's rushy brink…

— Thomas Gray

Trees bend low with ripened fruit; clouds hang down with gentle rain; noble people bow graciously. This is the way of generous things.

— Bhartrhari

“The feathery palms that lined the drainage canals, the acacia thorns and sycamores, all glistened with the sheen of new, pale-green leaves, and in…

— Pauline Gedge

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality…

— Robert Louis Stevenson