“Up rose the wild old winter-king, And shook his beard of snow; "I hear the first young hard-bell ring, 'Tis time for me to go! Northward o'er the icy rocks, Northward o'er the sea, My daughter comes with sunny locks: This land's too warm for me!” FirstsHardYoungSeaLandRocksKingsDaughterRoseWinterWarmRingsSnowMy DaughterBellsLocksBeardSunnyIcy Author:Charles Godfrey Leland
“Fishing books , lit by emotion recollected in tranquility, are like poetry. .. . We do not think of them as books but as men. They are our companions and not only riverside. Summer and winter they are with us and what a pleasant company they are.” ThinkingMenBookEmotionCompanySeaSummerRiversWinterFishesBoatPleasantLakesFishingCompanionTranquilityLitSummer And WinterRiverside Book:Fishing Source: Fishing
“Show me a man who fishes in winter, and I'll show you a fanatic. Actually, I'll get the better of the deal, because for sheer spectacle a fanatic doesn't hold a candle to a man who fishes in winter” MenShowsDealsSeaRiversWinterFishesBoatLakesFishingCandleSheerShow MeFanatics Book:They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? Source: They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?
“Frankly, the trouble with winter is, it is all backbone. It is fleshless, insensate, with neither a breast to be leaned on nor a heart to love and ache and, if need be, break, nor any kindly hand to fondle and caress like a sea-wave on a sunny shore half asleep.” IfsNeedsHeartHandsHalfBreakTroubleSeaWinterWaveBreastsShoreAcheSunnyBackboneCaress Author:William Alfred Quayle
“One disagreeable result of whispering is that it seems to evoke an atmosphere of silence, haunted by the ghosts of sound - strange cracks and tickings, the rustling of garments that have no substance in them, and the tread of dreadful feet that would leave no mark on the sea-sand or the winter snow.” SeemsSoundResultsSilenceSeaFeetStrangeMarkWinterGhostSnowSubstanceAtmosphereSandCracksGarmentsEvokeWhisperingDisagreeableSpookyWinter Snow Book:Bleak House Source: Bleak House
“Every [Alaskan] has witnessed climate change over the past fifty years. Our winters are warmer, our summers are longer, and our Arctic Village shores, once protected by sea ice are eroding.” YearsPastSeaSummerClimateWinterClimate ChangeIceFiftyVillageShoreProtectedOver The PastArcticAlaskans Author:Ray Metcalfe
“nights and days came and passed and summer and winter and the sun and the wind and the rain. and it was good to be a little island a part of the world and a world of its own all surrounded by the bright blue sea.” WorldLittlesNightSunSeaWindSummerRainBlueWinterIslandsSummer And WinterBlue Sea Book:The little island Source: The little island