Quote#Nature
When the law can stop the blades of grass
Quote byDion Boucicault · 1822–1890
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Wearing of the Green, in Arragh na Pogue, or the Wicklow Wedding (1864).
English (original)
When the law can stop the blades of grass From growing as they grow, And when the leaves in summer time Their verdure dare not show, Then I will change the colour I wear in my caubeen, But till that day I'll stick for aye To wearing of the green.
— Dion Boucicault
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