Pigeon Quotes. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922

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

Pigeon


Wood-pigeons cooed there, stock-doves nestled there; My trees were full of songs and flowers and fruit, Their branches spread a city to the air. Christina G. Rossetti—From House to Home. St. 7.	1
With his mouth full of news Which he will put on us, as pigeons feed their young. As You Like It. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 98.	2
Thou pigeon-egg of discretion. Love’s Labour’s Lost. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 75.	3
This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons pease. Love’s Labour’s Lost. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 315.	4
’Tis a bird I love, with its brooding note, And the trembling throb in its mottled throat; There’s a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest; And I often stop with the fear I feel— He runs so close to the rapid wheel. Willis—The Belfry Pigeon.	5