Quote by Joseph Devlin

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And…

— Thomas Gray

O, to bring back the great Homeric time, The simple manners and the deed sublime: When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate, Through…

— Mortimer Collins

“With one sweep of his gorry blade three pleecemen’s heads roled of into a heep. He shot another through the brane, another fell strangled,…

— Richmal Crompton

“This is all a tale of an older world and a forgotten countryside. At this moment of time change has come; a screaming line…

— John Buchan

“SKIRTING the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,) Skyward in air a sudden muffled sound, the dalliance of the eagles, The rushing amorous…

— Walt Whitman

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.

— Francois Rabelais

“As he strode across the strand, a drowned man returning from a call of nature stumbled into him in the darkness. “Damphair,” he murmured.…

— George R.R. Martin

“If she answered, he could not hear it, and he certainly couldn't see her, so he went. First he crawled the rocks one by…

— Toni Morrison

“As he slowed his speed, in reverence to his home, he noticed the long row of trees lining each side of the drive had…

— Alex Morgan

“Most roads lead men homewards, My road leads forth.”

— John Masefield

“We drove out along the coast road. There was the green of the headlands, the white, red-roofed villas, patches of forest, and the ocean…

— Ernest Hemingway

“When all thoughts Are exhausted I slip into the woods And gather A pile of shepherd's purse. Like the little stream Making its way…

— Ryokan