Leaf Fall Quotes

Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall

As fall the light autumnal leaves, one still the other following, till the bough strews all its honors on the earth below.

The Blossoms and leaves in plenty From the apple tree fall each day; The merry breezes approach them, And with them merrily play.

Swinging on delicate hinges the autumn leaf almost off the stem.

One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off the limb.

On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;The wind it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn snow the leaves.

Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow.

You can assume that the leaf you see let go of a branch and fall towards the ground has never been considered by any being but yourself. Catch it in your hand - or, even better, keep walking until one falls into your reach naturally - and it will have spent its whole time on the planet without ever touching the ground, only because of you.

The rinsed foam swirled into one drain that always clogged come October when the maples dropped Canadian propaganda over everything.