(June 9, 1872 – December 4, 1950).
American writer, naturalist, and lawyer.
Samuel Scoville Jr. (1918). Foto: wikipedia.org
At last came the golden month of the wild folk honey-sweet May. When the birds come back, and the flowers come out, and the air is full of the sunrise scents and songs of the dawning year.
Photo:Bryan Hanson. Meaning 🌼 : The sentence describes ‘May as the month in which nature fully awakens’.“Golden” and “honey-sweet” evoke an image of warmth, richness, and abundance, the return of ‘birds’, the blooming of ‘flowers’, and the scents in the air emphasize ‘revival and new beginnings’; “the wild folk” refers to life in nature: animals, birds, and the forest. 👉 In short: ‘May is presented as the long-awaited moment when natural life begins anew.’Origin: It is ‘not a traditional saying or proverb’, but a ‘literary passage, taken from the book “Wild Folk”, published in 1922, the original English phrasing begins with: “At last and at last came the golden month of the honey-sweet May of the wild folk…” , that double emphasis, “At last and at last”, reinforces the sense of longing for spring; The passage introduces a chapter about ‘a mother bear and her cubs’ in the spring forest of ‘New Jersey’.Author: The author is Samuel Scoville Jr., an American writer known for ‘nature stories’ and ‘poetic nature prose’; this passage fits well within his descriptive, seasonal style.
Door Pieter
Mensenmens, zoon, echtgenoot, vader, opa.
Spiritueel, echter niet religieus.
Ik hou van golf, wandelen, lezen en de natuur in veel opzichten.
Onderzoeker, nieuwsgierig, geen fan van de mainstream media (MSM).
