#boughs

The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field. ↗

— Edmund Waller

#build #field #her #humble #lark

The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#buds #february #leaves #sunshine #swells

When the sappy boughs Attire themselves with blooms, sweet rudiments Of future harvest. ↗

— John Philips

#blooms #boughs #future #harvest #rudiments

Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#beneath #bird #boughs #feels #flight

...the winter is kind and leaves red berries on the boughs for hungry sparrows... ↗

— John Geddes

#boughs #food #nature #poetry #sparrows

The boughs that bear most hang lowest. ↗

— David Garrick

#boughs #hang #lowest #most