Attics Quote by Thomas Gray

“The music interrupted mockingbirds and cardinals and half-hour church bells. It was at times orchestral and at times a cappella, a mighty love song…

— Rita Leganski

Spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king; Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring, Cold doth not sting, the…

— Thomas Nash

The course of the seasons is a piece of clockwork, with a cuckoo to call when it is spring.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

“Early Summer, loveliest season, The world is being colored in. While daylight lasts on the horizon, Sudden, throaty blackbirds sing. The dusty-colored cuckoo cuckoos.…

— Marie Heaney

The music of the far-away summer flutters around the Autumn seeking its former nest.

— Rabindranath Tagore

“Spring, spring! Bytuene Mershe ant Averil, when spray biginneth to spring! When shaws be sheene and swards full fayre, and leaves both large and…

— George Orwell

Gentle day's flower - The hummingbird competes With the stillness of the air.

— Chogyam Trungpa

Spring, the sweet Spring, is the year's pleasant king; Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring, Cold doth not sting, the…

— Thomas Nashe

“The sounds of extinct birds may be preserved in the songs of mockingbirds”

— Jerry Spinelli

Ask of Her, the mighty Mother. Her reply puts this other Question: What is Spring?- Growth in every thing - Flesh and fleece, fur…

— Gerard Manley Hopkins

The cuckoos remain silent for a long time (for several seasons) until they are able to sing sweetly (in the Spring) so as to…

— Chanakya

“Hummingbird Flitting, darting A restless quest To fuel a fire That burns your breast Seeking sweetness For selfish glee Bringing gifts So heedlessly Your…

— Michael Sullivan