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“The way to ensure summer in England is to have it framed and glazed in a comfortable room.”

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Horace Walpole was an English politician, writer, and critic, born on September 24, 1717, and died on March 2, 1797. He is best known for his contributions to literature and the arts, particularly for his role in the revival of Gothic novels. more

“From the great trees the locusts cry In quavering ecstatic duo-a boy Shouts a wild call-a mourning dove In the blue distance sobs-the wind Wanders by, heavy with odors Of corn and wheat and melon vines; The trees tremble with delirious joy as the breeze Greets them, one by one-now the oak Now the great sycamore, now the elm.”

Joy Boys Tree Cry Wind Summer Blue Distance Heavy Wander Mourning Breeze Corn August Oaks Dove Wheat Vines Ecstatic Odor Melons Delirious Duos

Book:Boy Life on the Prairie

Source: Boy Life on the Prairie

“He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put into vials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers.”

Years War Science Air Projects Summer Scientist Eight Warm Invention August Sunbeams Cucumbers Summer Rain Gulliver

Author:Jonathan Swift

“Even with insects - some can sing, some can't.”

Summer Insects August

Author:Kobayashi Issa

“When summer opens, I see how fast it matures, and fear it will be short; but after the heats of July and August, I am reconciled, like one who has had his swing, to the cool of autumn.”

Summer Heat Autumn Swings Senior July August

Book:Emerson in His Journals

Source: Emerson in His Journals

“Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do 'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues.”

Sometimes Causes Wonder Summer Cures August Summertime Sometimes I Wonder Summer Garden

Author:Eddie Cochran

“When fortune empties her chamber pot on your head, smile and say We are going to have a summer shower.”

Summer Fortune Pot Showers Chamber

Author:John A. Macdonald

“The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer.”

Ends Morning Clear Cold Summer End Of Summer

Book:George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

“Departing summer hath assumed An aspect tenderly illumed, The gentlest look of spring; That calls from yonder leafy shade Unfaded, yet prepared to fade, A timely carolling.”

Looks Summer Spring Aspect Prepared Shade Fades Timely Departing

Book:The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His Works ...

Source: The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His Works ...

“But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat, The lowing herds to murmuring brooks retreat, To closer shades the panting flocks remove; Ye gods! And is there no relief for love?”

Summer Heat Relief Remove Shade Retreat Herds Flocks Brooks Shepherds Murmuring

Book:The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. Edited by the Rev. H. F. Cary, Etc

Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. Edited by the Rev. H. F. Cary, Etc

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