Dies Quote by Heinrich Heine

“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

The silver Swan, who, living, had no Note, when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat. Leaning her breast upon the reedy shore, thus sang…

— Orlando Gibbons

“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

The Singing of Swans is a remarkable narrative calling--even compelling--us to connect with our own ancestral roots, to seek our own inner wisdom, and…

— Margaret Starbird

Lead to the river Midsummer, I waved A 'V' of black swans on with hope to the grave.

— Cradle Of Filth

The dying swan, when years her temples pierce, In music-strains breathes out her life and verse, And, chanting her own dirge, tides on her…

— Phineas Fletcher

Swans live wherever there is water, and leave the place where water dries up; let not a man act so - and comes and…

— Chanakya

Tiresome heart, forever living and dying, House without air, I leave you and lock your door. Wild swans, come over the town, come over…

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

“I will fly away to them, to the royal birds, and they will beat me, because I, that am so ugly, dare to come…

— Hamilton Wright Mabie

You think that upon the score of fore-knowledge and divining I am infinitely inferior to the swans. When they perceive approaching death they sing…

— Socrates

“Oh, Issyk-Kul, my Issyk-Kul--my unfinished song! Why did I have to remember that day when I came here with Asel and stopped on the…

— Chingiz Aitmatov

“Ever heard about the swan? All serene on the surface, and paddling like hell under the water.”

— Joy Ellis