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Cypresses Quotes

Bid me despair, and I'll despair,Under that cypress tree;Or bid me die, and I will dareE'en Death, to die for thee.

Bid me despair, and I'll despair,Under that cypress tree;Or bid me die, and I will dareE'en Death, to die for thee.

Robert Herrick
Tree, Despair, Cypresses
'To Anthea, Who May Command Him Anything'

When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me

Christina Rossetti
Song, Cypress Trees, Cypresses
"When I am dead, my dearest" l. 1 (1862)

It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens.

Confucius
Winter, Cypresses, Evergreens

The cypresses are always occupying my thoughts.

Vincent Van Gogh
Cypresses, Obsession, My Thoughts
Vincent van Gogh, Victoria Charles (2014). “Vincent van Gogh”, p.380, Parkstone International

Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.

Confucius
Winter, Lasts, Cypresses
Confucius, Edward Slingerland (2003). “Analects: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries”, p.96, Hackett Publishing

The cypress boat is frequently a symbol of fluctuating intention.

Arthur Waley
Cypresses, Boat, Intention

Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypres let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid.

William Shakespeare
Cypresses, Maids, Fairness
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 4, l. 51

He lies below, correct in cypress wood, And entertains the most exclusive worms.

Dorothy Parker
Lying, Woods, Cypresses
Dorothy Parker (1944). “Dorothy Parker”

For there no yew nor cypress spread their glom But roses blossom'd each rustic tomb.

Thomas Campbell
Rose, Yew, Cypresses

The oak has not the efficacy of the fir, nor the cypress that of the elm.

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
Cypresses, Efficacy, Oaks
"De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book II, Chapter IX, Section 5,

Along the avenue of cypresses, All in their scarlet cloaks and surplices Of linen, go the chanting choristers, The priests in gold and black, the villagers. . . .

D. H. Lawrence
Black, Gold, Cypresses
'Giorno dei Morti' (1917)

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