“And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, while the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.” EarthSeaSonBearsPlantSlaveWaveColumbiaBe A Slave Book:The Works in Verse and Prose Source: The Works in Verse and Prose
“So extraordinary is Nature with her choicest treasures, spending plant beauty as she spends sunshine, pouring it forth into land and sea, garden and desert. And so the beauty of lilies falls on angels and men, bears and squirrels, wolves and sheep, birds and bees.” MenFallSeaLandBearsBirdAngelGardenPlantExtraordinarySpendingTreasureDesertSunshineSheepBeesLiliesPouringSquirrelsLand And Sea Author:John Muir
“I can't bear fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour after hour-or else throwing and throwing, and catching nothing.” PeopleThinkingLooksI CanHoursLinesSeaFoolBearsSittingRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingThrowingCatchingAfter Hours Book:Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)
“England, so long mistress of the sea, Where winds and waves confess her sovereignty, Her ancient triumphs yet on high shall bear And reign the sovereign of the conquered air.” LongAirSeaWindBearsEnglandAncientWaveTriumphAviationSovereignReignSovereigntyMistressAirpower Author:Thomas Gray
“We are too feeble and sluggish to make our way out to the upper limit of the air. If someone could reach the summit, or put on wings and fly aloft, when he put up his head he would see the world above, just as fishes see our world when they put up their heads out of the sea; and if his nature were able to bear the sight, he would recognize that that is the true heaven.” IfsWorldWayAbleHeavenAirSeaBearsLimitsSightWingsFishesOur WorldSummitSluggish Author:Plato
“Kent. Where's the king? Gent. Contending with the fretful elements; Bids the wind blow the earth into the sea, Or swell the curled waters 'bove the main, That things might change or cease; tears his white hair, Which the impetuous blasts, with eyeless rage, Catch in their fury and make nothing of; Strives in his little world of man to outscorn The to-and-fro-conflicting wind and rain. This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch, The lion and the belly-pinched wolf Keep their fur dry, unbonneted he runs, And bids what will take all.” MenWorldLittlesMightRunningEarthNightWaterWhiteSeaTearsWindHairBearsKingsElementsRainStriveBlowRageCeaseDryLionsStrifeBellyFuryCouchesBlastFurCubsKentContendingWhite HairWind And RainImpetuousGents Book:The plays of William Shakespeare Source: The plays of William Shakespeare
“The sound of distant breakers made her heart ache with melancholy. She was in the mood when the sea has a saddening effect upon the nerves. It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay. When they are gay, the waves echo their gaiety; but when they are sad, then every breaker, as it rolls, seems to bring additional sadness and to speak to us of hopelessness and of the pettiness of all our joys.” HeartMadeSeemsJoySpeakSoundWaterSeaSadnessEffectsBearsGayWaveMoodGravesMelancholyNervesEchoesRollingOur ThoughtsVery HappyHopelessnessAchePersistentLimitlessIrritatingMonotonyExpansePettinessGaietyHeart AcheSaddening Author:Baroness Orczy