"Short-grass" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... upon my flowers Diffusest honey-drops, refreshing showers; And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown My bosky[440-20] acres and my unshrubb'd down,[440-21] Rich scarf to my proud Earth;—why hath thy Queen Summon'd me hither, to this short-grass'd green? ...
— Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 • Charles H. Sylvester
... voice rang clear—"I'm only a poor devil from the short-grass country where life each year depends on that year's crop. Three years out of four, the wind and drouth bring only failure at harvest time. Then we starve our bodies and grip onto hope and determination with ...
— A Master's Degree • Margaret Hill McCarter
... heavy train of sleepers had been climbing the long rise from the river—a monotonous stretch of treeless, short-grass plains reaching from the Missouri to the mountains. And now the train stopped ...
— Laramie Holds the Range • Frank H. Spearman |
