The cherry orchard is now mine!... I bought the estate on which my grandfather and father were slaves, where they were not even pe...rmitted in the kitchen.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Home! Yes! she would see Trafalgar Square, again; and Nelson on his plinth; and Chelsea Bridge as it dissolved into the Thames at ...twilight ... and St. Paul's, the single Amazon breast of her beloved native city.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
O ruddier than the cherry, O sweeter than the berry,... O Nymph more bright Than moonshine night, Like kidlings blithe and merry. Ripe as the melting cluster, No lily has such lustre, Yet hard to tame, As raging flame, And fierce as storms that bluster.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough,... And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
One of the joys our technological civilisation has lost is the excitement with which seasonal flowers and fruits were welcomed; th...e first daffodil, strawberry or cherry are now things of the past, along with their precious moment of arrival. Even the tangerine--now a satsuma or clementine--appears de-pipped months before Christmas.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Lately ... Americans have begun to understand that trouble does not start somewhere on the other side of town. It seems to origina...te inside the absolute middle of the homemade cherry pie. In our history, the state has failed to respond to the weak.... You could be white, male, Presbyterian and heterosexual besides, but if you get fired or if you get sick tomorrow, you might as well be Black, for all the state will want to hear from you.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »