“Where'er the oak's thick branches stretch A broader browner shade; Where'er the rude and moss-grown beech O'er-canopies the glade, Beside some water's rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think.” ThinkingWaterBranchesShadeThickMuseRudeOaksMossCanopy Author:Thomas Gray
“Landscape is my religion. ...God in a green legend, I lean over the pool In a testament of leaves. I dangle my twinkling mood Before me in a cool cave roofed with branches And floored with a skin of water.” WaterSkinsGreenMoodLandscapeBranchesLegendsPoolTestamentCavesReligion GodTwinkling Author:Norman MacCaig