Barren Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Dry leaves upon the wall, Which flap like rustling wings and seek escape, A single frosted cluster on the grape Still hangs--and that is…

— Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

And there, row upon row, with the soft gleam of flowers opened at morning, with the light of this June sun glowing through a…

— Ray Bradbury

The neck on which diamonds might have worthily sparkled, will look less tempting when the biting winter has hung icicles there for gems.

— Samuel Lover

“How eagerly the words spring into shape, winding themselves around a rigid latticework of meaning like the curling tendrils of ivy that crisscross my…

— Leah Hager Cohen

“Diamonds on the petals, Silver on the stems, Early morning sunrise Turns dewdrops into gems.”

— Charles Ghigna

“It was one of those bitter mornings when the whole of nature is shiny, brittle, and hard, like crystal. The trees, decked out in…

— Guy de Maupassant

Summer has now thrown open her emerald doors. Every part of the landscape is profuse in leaves and flowers, and "green-robed senators of mighty…

— Anonymous

“The summer came to life. It burst from gray to fierce blue and gold in the blink of an eye; the air pealed with…

— Tana French

“The mist was very dark in here, white and wet, and the cobwebs festooning the gaunt tree trunks were weighed down with thousands of…

— Pauline Gedge

“The snow crystals . . . come to us not only to reveal the wondrous beauty of the minute in Nature, but to teach…

— Wilson A. Bentley

Here and there on the branch of an oak a congress of leaves still clung, rigid as flakes of bronze.

— Martha Ostenso

“Outside, the meadows - dewy and golden are cloaked in summer blooms. My heart, scorching and desolate sighs and sings sad songs of despair…

— Neena H Brar