Saxon Revolt

Famous quotes containing the words saxon and/or revolt:

    “It is remarkable what a value is still put upon wood even in this age and in this new country, a value more permanent and universal than that of gold. After all our discoveries and inventions no man will go by a pile of wood. It is as precious to us as it was to our Saxon and Norman ancestors. If they made their bows of it, we make our gun-stocks of it.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “this winter’s revolt of the unbellied trees
    one reason being they’re all gnarled knees”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)