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Hawks Quotes

And there's nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk.

Leigh Bardugo (2013). “Shadow and Bone”, p.126, Hachette UK

In Washington they have their hawks and doves and in Ottawa we have our parrots.

Tommy Douglas' remarks on Canadians policy on the Vietnam War during a debate at the House of Commons, February 13, 1967.

Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings?

Alexander Pope (1840). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed, A Life of the Author ...”, p.249

A pine needle fell in the forest. The hawk saw it. The deer heard it. The white bear smelled it

Edith Pattou (2014). “North Child”, p.46, Usborne Publishing Ltd

The hawk's cry is as sharp as its beak.

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.47, RosettaBooks

Dost thou love hawking? Thou hast hawks will soar Above the morning lark.

William Shakespeare (1851). “The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson, Stevens [sic], and Reed, with glossarial notes”, p.67

Cicala to cicala is dear, and ant to ant, and hawks to hawks, but to me the muse and song.

Theocritus (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Theocritus (Illustrated)”, p.60, Delphi Classics

As the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves.

Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.869, Delphi Classics

When feeding time comes around, there is nothing a hawk likes better than a nice, fat, peaceful dove.

Louis L'Amour (2009). “The Sky-Liners and Galloway (2-Book Bundle)”, p.234, Bantam