The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand; there I represented it in the reeds. Caspar David Friedrich
The legend of the parting of the Red Sea probably refers to tidal changes in the Sea of Reeds related to the Thera eruption. Julian Jaynes
A harvest mouse goes scampering by, With silver claws and silver eye; And moveless fish in the water gleam, By silver reeds in a silver stream. Walter de la Mare
Good words and no deeds are rushes and reeds. Spanish Proverb
The storm of reeds is loud till you go through them. Scottish Gaelic Proverb
A myrtle standing among reeds still retains the name of myrtle. Jewish Proverb