Under the Greenwood Tree Quotes by Thomas Hardy

To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature. At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall. ~ Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy Yet, though love is thus an end in itself, it must be believed to be the means to another end if it is to assume the rosy hues of an unalloyed pleasure. ~ Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy "Good, but not religious--good." ~ Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy