Quote#Nature
White as the blossoms which the almond-tree
Quote byMargaret Junkin Preston · 1820–1897
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Old Song and New (1870), "The Royal Preacher", Stanza 5, p. 67..
English (original)
White as the blossoms which the almond-tree, Above its bald and leafless branches bears.
— Margaret Junkin Preston
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