Trees

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The groves were God's first temples.

William Cullen Bryant

A Forest Hymn

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Topic

The forest Trees

Author

William Cullen Bryant

Source

A Forest Hymn

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1824 1820s 19th century

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Citation

Bryant, William Cullen. "A Forest Hymn." United States Literary Gazette, 1824, I. 1.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.

Jack Handey

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Trees

Author

Jack Handey

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Saturday Night Live, created by Lorne Michaels, season 17, episode 3, NBC, 12 Oct. 1991.

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way.

William Blake

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Topic

Trees Nature Relativism

Author

William Blake

Source

Letters of William Blake

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1799 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Blake, William. "To Rev. Dr. Tussler." 23 Aug. 1799.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "[To] Revd Dr Tusler, 23 Aug. 1799." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008.

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

Willa Cather

O Pioneers!

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Topic

Trees Nature

Speaker

Marie Tovesky

Author

Willa Cather

Source

O Pioneers!

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

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Original Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, pt. 2, ch. 8.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers, edited by Sharon O'Brien. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, pt. 2, ch. 8.

He that plants trees loves others beside himself.

Thomas Fuller (physician)

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Loving others Empathy Trees Man and nature

Author

Thomas Fuller (physician)

Source

Gnomologia

Language

English

Time

1732 1730s 18th century

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Citation

Fuller, Thomas. Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, And Witty Sayings. London: B. Barker, 1732, no. 2248.

Old and ruined, all rotted and broken up
These plum trees function gorgeously
A few days every year
In a way nobody else does.

Philip Whalen

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Trees Nature scene

Author

Philip Whalen

Source

Scenes of Life at the Capital

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Whalen, Philip. Scenes of Life at the Capital. Maya Quartos, 1970.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

Joyce Kilmer

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Topic

God and man Creativity Trees

Author

Joyce Kilmer

Source

Trees

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Kilmer, Joyce. "Trees." Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, 1913, I. 11.

And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:9

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Topic

Trees Garden of Eden Gardens

Source

Genesis

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Genesis 2:9).