Down and Quote by James Russell Lowell Download Open image “The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, and still fluttered down the snow.” — James Russell Lowell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Down and Rail Snow Stills Swans Winter
It was evening all afternoon. It was snowing And it was going to snow. The blackbird sat In the cedar-limbs. — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
The night was clear and frosty, all ebony of shadow and silver of snowy slope; big stars were shining over the silent fields; here… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
“One evening he was in his room, his brow pressing hard against the pane, looking, without seeing them, at the chestnut trees in the park, which had lost much of their russet-coloured foliage. A heavy mist obscured the distance, and the night was falling grey rather than black, stepping cautiously with its velvet feet upon the tops of the trees.… — Théophile Gautier Copy Share
“ And then a strong gust blew against her, and her feet slipped just slightly. She jerked forward against the railing, ever so softly. But, rotten, it crumbled like paper, and May and Kitty went sliding forward, right through it. May scrambled to stop herself, but it was too late. They slid a few more feet, then fell off the… — Jodi Lynn Anderson Copy Share
“...Following the bird you lay into a deep turn in the steepening descent. It [the snow] is super soft, bottomless and amazingly light, yet… — Steve Baldwin Copy Share Image
We saw the strong trees struggle and their plumes do down, The poplar bend and whip back till it split to fall, The elm… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
“The trees had long since dropped their colorful matntles of leaves. The grass had gone dormant and lay dry and beaten down, as if… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
“When she first fell in love with Jack, she had dreamed she could fly, that on a warm, inky black night she had pushed… — Eowyn Ivey Copy Share Image
“As the glow of the cabin windows turned to flickers through the trees and then to black, her eyes adjusted and the starlight alone on the pure white snow was enough to light her way. The cold scorched her cheeks and her lungs, but she was warm in her fox hat and wool. An owl swooped through the spruce boughs,… — Eowyn Ivey Copy Share
“In the winter, when the first snow was too delicate to last on the sidewalks, it clung to the rough surface of the brick… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
The snow was too light to stay, the ground too warm to keep it. And the strange spring snow fell only in that golden… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
He gives only the worthless gold who gives from a sense of duty. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Most religion-mongers have bated their paradises with a bit of toasted cheese. They have tempted the body with large promises of possessions in their… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
It is beginning to be doubtful whether Parliament and Congress sit in Westminster and Washington, or in the editorial rooms of the leading journals,--so… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
[B]ut in literature, it should be remembered, a thing always becomes his at last who says it best, and thus makes it his own. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Since I worked with Danny Boyle before on Slumdog Millionaire, we have great success and everything. So, when I first got the script and… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional WWF wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
If I had my brothers I think with just a little bit of the correct marketing, I'd like to be almost exclusively in small… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
In relations between the rich and the strong, between the rich and the poor, between the master and the servant, it's liberty that grinds… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes life seems like a dream, especially when I look down and see that I forgot to put on my pants. — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
There's a dishonest tyranny in the liberal/progressive/socialist agenda that comes down and says 'we are here because we care about you; we want what's… — Allen West Copy Share Image
If you feel like you want to die, it's time to sit down and make a list of all the things you haven't done… — Deacon Jones Copy Share Image
Music is how I get free. It's a way to shut the rest of the world down and create your own world within it.… — Gift of Gab Copy Share Image
Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having a good time, I… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
When I look at nature I feel as if I'll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I think the best Thanksgiving we ever had was one where we didn't even have a turkey. Mom and Dad sat us kids down and explained that business hadn't been good at Dad's store, so we couldn't afford a turkey. We had vegetables and bread and pie, and it was just fine. Later on, I went into Mom and Dad's… — Jack Handey Copy Share
When an angel comes down and takes me away, memories of me and my songs will always stay until the end of time — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image