“Our little kinsmen after rain In plenty may be seen, a pink and pulpy multitude The tepid ground upon; A needless life if seemed to me Until a little bird As to a hospitality Advanced and breakfasted.” IfsMayLittlesBirdRainGardenPlentyMultitudesHospitality Book:Poems: including variant readings critically compared with all known manuscripts Source: Poems: including variant readings critically compared with all known manuscripts
“May your trails be dim, lonesome, stony, narrow, winding and only slightly uphill. May the wind bring rain for the slickrock potholes fourteen miles on the other side of yonder blue ridge. May God's dog serenade your campfire, may the rattlesnake and the screech owl amuse your reverie, may the Great Sun dazzle your eyes by day and the Great Bear watch over you by night.” MayEyeNightSidesWatchesSunDogWindBearsRainBlueMilesOver YouTrailsFourteenOwlReverieLonesomeDazzleRidgesCampfireRattlesnakesPotholes Author:Edward Abbey
“Good books are to the young mind what the warming sun and the refreshing rain of spring are to the seeds which have lain dormant in the frosts of winter. They are more, for they may save from that which is worse than death, as well as bless with that which is better than life.” MindWellsMayBookYoungSunSpringRainWinterSeedsBlessGood BookFrostRefreshingDormantYoung Minds Book:Thoughts Source: Thoughts