Hawthorn (Crataegus Oxyacanthus) Quotes. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922

Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

Hawthorn (Cratægus Oxyacanthus)


The hawthorn-trees blow in the dew of the morning. Burns—Chevalier’s Lament.	1
The hawthorn I will pu’ wi’ its lock o’ siller gray, Where, like an aged man, it stands at break o’ day. Burns—O Luve Will Venture In.	2
Yet, all beneath the unrivall’d rose, The lowly daisy sweetly blows; Tho’ large the forest’s monarch throws His army shade, Yet green the juicy hawthorn grows, Adown the glade. Burns—Vision. Duan II. St. 21.	3
Yet walk with me where hawthorns hide The wonders of the lane. Ebenezer Elliott—The Wonders of the Lane. L. 3.	4
The hawthorn-bush, with seats beneath the shade For talking age and whispering lovers made! Goldsmith—The Deserted Village. L. 13.	5
And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Milton—L’Allegro. L. 67.	6
Then sing by turns, by turns the Muses sing; Now hawthorns blossom. Pope—Spring. L. 41.	7
Gives not the hawthorn-bush a sweeter shade To shepherds looking on their silly sheep Than doth a rich embroider’d canopy To kings that fear their subjects’ treachery? Henry VI. Pt. III. Act II. Sc. 5. L. 42.	8
In hawthorn-time the heart grows light. Swinburne—Tale of Balen. I.	9
The Hawthorn whitens; and the juicy Groves Put forth their buds, unfolding by degrees, Till the whole leafy Forest stands displayed, In full luxuriance, to the sighing gales. Thomson—Seasons. Spring. L. 90.	10