Childhood Quote by Paul Verlaine

Nature, exerting an unwearied power, Forms, opens, and gives scent to every flower; Spreads the fresh verdure of the field, and leads The dancing…

— William Cowper

“Inside plum trees stood in a row, flowers lifted their pale throats to the moon and stars, a magnolia held its tight-closed buds like…

— Marisa de los Santos

A flower, if you bruise it under your feet, rewards you by giving you its perfume.

— Richard Wurmbrand

In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.

— Lucretius

Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.

— William Wordsworth

A second blow of many flowers appears, flowers faintly tinged and breathing no perfume; but fruits, not blossoms, form the woodland wreath that circles…

— James Grahame

Fast fading violets cover'd up in leaves; And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on…

— John Keats

“Rose petals.” Katharine swept her arm toward a huddle of stalls farther up the street. “Can you see the sacks? They’re full of dried…

— Lindsay Jayne Ashford

Tumbling-hair picker of buttercups violets dandelions And the big bullying daisies through the field wonderful with eyes a little sorry Another comes also picking…

— e. e. cummings

“Down at the old house, I’ve made a serious effort to rejuvenate what was once my garden and lawn. And I’ve been rewarded with…

— Megan Lindholm

When Nature gives a gorgeous rose, Or yields the simplest fern, She writes this motto on the leaves, "To whom it may concern!" And…

— John Godfrey Saxe

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower. Drives my green age that blasts the roots of trees is my destroyer.

— Dylan Thomas