The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
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Where in venerable rows Widely waving oaks enclose The moat of yonder antique hall, Swarm the rooks with clamorous call; And, to the toils of nature true, Wreath their capacious nests anew.
thomas wartonBeneath the crisp and wintry carpet hidA million buds but stay their blossomingAnd trustful birds have built their nests amidThe shuddering boughs, and only wait to singTill one soft shower from the south shall bidAnd hither tempt the pilgrim steps of Spring.
robert bridgesNever look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
Miguel de CervantesWe toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
alan perlisBirds in their little nests agree;And 'tis a shameful sight,When children of one familyFall out, and chide, and fight.
Isaac WattsBuilding nests in Fame's great temple, As in spouts the swallows build.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowWhen a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born , and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies. They live in nests on the tops of trees; and the mauve ones are boys and the white ones are girls, and the blue ones are just little sillies who are not sure what they are.
j. m. barrieRats! They fought the dogs and killed the cats, And bit the babies in the cradles, And ate the cheeses out of the vats, And licked the soup from the cooks' own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women's chats By drowning their speaking With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different sharps and flats.
Robert BrowningThe Sestos and Abydos of her breasts Not of two lovers, but two loves the nests.
john donneHow hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof! ... In such places standing alone on the mountain-top it is easy to realize that whatever special nests we make leaves and moss like the marmots and birds, or tents, or piled stone we all dwell in a house of one room the world with the firmament for its roof and are sailing the celestial spaces without leaving any track.
john muirIt is the Harvest Moon! On gilded vanes and roofs of villages, on woodland crests and their aerial neighborhoods of nests deserted, on the curtained window-panes of rooms where children sleep, on country lanes and harvest-fields, its mystic splendor rests.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThere was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, "It is just as I feared! -- Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard.
Edward LearThe foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
When a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies. They live in nests on the tops of trees; and the mauve ones are boys and the white ones are girls, and the blue ones are just little sillies who are not sure what they are.
j. m. barrieWhen you and I are inclined to nestle down in indolence and self indulgence. God "stirs up our nests" and bids us fly upward.
Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
Miguel de CervantesThose golden birds that, in the spice-time, drop About the gardens, drunk with that sweet food Whose scent hath lur'd them o'er the summer flood; And those that under Araby's soft sun Build their high nests of budding cinnamon.
thomas mooreThe song-birds leave us at the summer's close, Only the empty nests are left behind. And pipings of the quail among the sheaves.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowYeh, we've been locked down here for the last ten hours. Murder holes up there. Machine gun nests, you gotta clear 'em out, boy.