The moon shone upon the water below
I liked this expansive moon-scape and the detail of Wordworth keeping his curtains open to see it.
'The...
Dun-coloured flax
I eat flaxseed and have seen blonde hair described as 'flaxen', but in reading this I realize I have never...
Faint-croaking frogs
Thoreau is notably patient in observing nature, able to stand still for half an hour or more, to let the...
Self-renewing meadow
An image of ancient sustainability, a meadow which has renewed itself for hundreds or perhaps thousands of years, and with...
Of bitterns and beaks
A moss stalk and seed likened to a bird and beak. Lovely.
'Over and under and past boulders of granite,...
Sea-like sound
I like the description of a sound in the trees resembling the sea; land and water confounded.
'There...
Like the lowing of a cow
Nature's hoarse summer voice? Wind shuffling leaves and crickets rubbing hands together? I like the metaphor, but nevertheless can't quite...
Green-glowing fields
What a glorious image, enhanced by the animals trotting past - aggrieved camels I can envisage, but never thought of...
The proper form of fairy goblets
Acorns as fairy goblets, of course. But what is this 'moss cup' that Dorothy Wordsworth considers a better goblet for...
Lichen like cracked lacquer
I imagine here the wetted orange lichen that grows flat on rocky surfaces, like tiny star-bursts of gold.
A visitation from a minor god
The past is a place which enriches me in almost all I do, and I love travelling there as much...
Spring-time welcome
My heart also expands at the spring-time welcome of where I live and where I visit. Here, the detail of...
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