Rudy Mancke shares verses from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Lord Byron celebrating the seasons.
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RUDY MANCKE:
Hi, this is Rudy Mancke from University of South Carolina for NatureNotes.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote this:
I hear the wind among the trees
Playing celestial symphonies;
I see the branches downward bent,
Like keys of some great instrument.
And over me unrolls on high
The splendid scenery of the sky,
Where through a sapphire sea the sun
Sails like a golden galleon
[excerpt, "A Day of Sunshine"]
And Lord Byron — this is interesting:
My altars are the mountains and the ocean,
Earth, air, stars — all that spring from the great Whole,
Who hath produced and will receive my soul.
[excerpt, "Twilight"}
There's something special about the natural world. Any season of the year. If you don't like this one, you got something new coming next.
