Ancient Quote by William Blake

“And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen?…

— William Blake

“Often, beyond the next turning, footfalls of a herd galloping across stone were heard, or further in the distance, with reassuring grunts, a wild…

— Julien Gracq

“Every way I turned the lush green peaks towered over me. Had it been winter or spring, they would have been iron gray or…

— Denise Giardina

Statues lined the stairs and stood, dotted across the roof. But they had been brutalized by time and the weather. Some were missing arms.…

— Anthony Horowitz

“She could not say why these rather inconspicuous green slopes had so touched her heart, when along the railway line there were mountains, lakes,…

— Yasunari Kawabata

“She gazed out at the seductive vista. The countryside was dressed in its prettiest May garb- everything budding or blooming or bursting out in…

— Paula Brackston

Men of England, wherefore plough For the lords who lay you low?

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Luscious feet that listened to the soil and stole its secrets.

— Fannie Hurst

“The weeks up there were almost the most beautiful in my life. I breathed the pure, clear air, drank the icy water from streams…

— Hermann Hesse

How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone, If they the book God had seen.

— Isaac Watts

“The hedges - yes, the hedges, the very synonym of Merry England - are yet there, and long may they remain. Without hedges England…

— Jefferies Richard 1848-1887

“State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever. It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven…

— Charles Dickens