What is laurel?

Famous quotes containing the word laurel:

    “The graceful flowers of innocence are more valuable than the laurel crown of fame.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    “The strongest poison ever known
    Came from Caesar’s laurel crown.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “No more shall the war cry sever,
    Or the winding rivers be red:
    They banish our anger forever
    When they laurel the graves of our dead!
    Under the sod and the dew,
    Waiting the Judgment Day:—
    Love and tears for the Blue;
    Tears and love for the Gray.”
    —Francis Miles Finch (1827–1907)