"Sumach" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... spots which they once favored. There used to be meadows full of rocks, in each crevice of which nodded a scarlet columbine, surrounded by grassy borders where wild strawberries grew thickly, with hedge-rows running riot with blackberry, sumach, and alder,—all reckless of utility and given over to lovely waste,—that were vocal on June mornings with bobolinks, but where in these times one might wait the whole day through and not hear a single note of the old refrain. Our author finds them plentiful, however, ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 • Various
... valley took October's crown, I found thy glory still the same; The sumach flung his red leaves down, And lit his winter crest of flame; The early elm and maple gave Their ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various |
