“Give food to the birds, you will then be surrounded by the wings of love, you will be encompassed by the joys of little silent hearts!” GivingHeartLittlesJoyLove YouBirdWingsSilentWings Of LoveSilent Heart Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The embrace of present and past time, in which English antiquarianism becomes a form of alchemy, engenders a strange timelessness. It is as if the little bird which flew through the Anglo-Saxon banqueting hall, in Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, gained the outer air and became the lark ascending in Vaughan Williams's orchestral setting. The unbroken chain is that of English music itself.” IfsLittlesPastFormAirStrangeBirdEmbraceSettingSettingsChainsHallsFlewAlchemyUnbrokenTimelessnessLarksAscendingAnglo SaxonEnglish Music Author:Peter Ackroyd
“I have always found thick woods a little intimidating, for they are so secret and enclosed. You may seem alone but you are not, for there are always eyes watching you. All the wildlife of the woods, the insects, birds, and animals, are well aware of your presence no matter how softly you may tread, and they follow your every move although you cannot see them.” LifeWellsMayLittlesMatterSeemsEyeMovingFoundAnimalSecretTreeBirdWoodsThickInsectsWildlifeIntimidatingYour PresenceEyes Watching Book:The Gardening Year Source: The Gardening Year
“The eagle suffers little birds to sing, And is not careful what they mean thereby, Knowing that with the shadow of his wings He can at pleasure stint their melody: Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.” MenMeanLittlesSufferingPleasureKnowingBirdShadowWingsCarefulMelodyRomeEaglesGiddy Author:William Shakespeare
“Birds fly Over The Rainbow. Why then, oh why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?” IfsLittlesBirdRainbowBluebirdWizard Of Oz WizardWonderful Wizard Of OzBird FlyingSomewhere Over The Rainbow Author:L. Frank Baum
“Thou little bird, thou dweller by the sea, Why takest thou its melancholy voice, And with that boding cry Along the waves dost thou fly? Oh! rather, bird, with me Through this fair land rejoice!” LittlesVoiceSeaLandCryBirdFairsWaveMelancholyRejoiceDwellers Author:Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
“My father said you can't make a living in birds, my relatives all went into business: bankers, stockbrokers. However, they eventually lost it all and died in wheelchairs. Sometimes you have to be a little aberrant.” LittlesSaidSometimesFatherLostBirdDiedBankersWheelchairsStockbrokers Author:Roger Tory Peterson
“Is there any sign of spring quite so welcome as the glint of the first bluebird unless it is his softly whistled song? No wonder the bird has become the symbol for happiness. Before the farmer begins to plough the wet earth, often while snow is still on the ground, this hardy little minstrel is making himself very much at home in our orchards and gardens while waiting for a mate to arrive from the South.” FirstsLittlesStillsHomeEarthSongWaitingWonderSpringBirdGardenSouthSnowWelcomeSymbolsFarmersMatesWetHardyOrchardBluebirdMinstrels Author:Neltje Blanchan
“At seventy-three I learned a little about the real structure of animals, plants, birds, fishes and insects. Consequently when I am eighty I'll have made more progress. At ninety I'll have penetrated the mystery of things. At a hundred I shall have reached something marvellous, but when I am a hundred and ten everything I do, the smallest dot, will be alive.” LittlesMadeRealThreeAnimalAliveProgressMysteryTenBirdHundredStructurePlantFishesSmallestSeventiesInsectsNinetyEightyDotsMarvellous Author:Hokusai
“Our little kinsmen after rain In plenty may be seen, a pink and pulpy multitude The tepid ground upon; A needless life if seemed to me Until a little bird As to a hospitality Advanced and breakfasted.” IfsMayLittlesBirdRainGardenPlentyMultitudesHospitality Book:Poems: including variant readings critically compared with all known manuscripts Source: Poems: including variant readings critically compared with all known manuscripts
“Out of the sky, the birds, the parrots, the bells, silk, cloth, and drums, out of Sundays dancing, children's words and love words, out of love for the little fists of children, I will build a world, my world with round shoulders.” WorldChildrenLittlesSkyBirdAnd LoveDancingDanceRoundsShouldersSundayBellsFistsSilkParrots Author:Aime Cesaire
“Scientists say that human beings are made of atoms, but a little bird told me that we are also made of stories” HumansLittlesMadeStoriesHuman BeingsBirdScientistAtoms Author:Eduardo Galeano
“Stay, little cheerful Robin! stay, And at my casement sing, Though it should prove a farewell lay And this our parting spring. * * * * * Then, little Bird, this boon confer, Come, and my requiem sing, Nor fail to be the harbinger Of everlasting spring.” ShouldLittlesFailingProveSpringBirdLaysFarewellCheerfulEverlastingPartingRobinsBoonHarbingerRequiem Author:William Wordsworth