(1860–1932).
American poet and writer of fiction.
He was a Professor of English at Hamilton College.
Clinton Scollard (1902). Photo: wikipedia.org
A bird in the boughs sang June, and June hummed a bee in a Bacchic glee as he tumbled over and over, drunk with the honeydew.
Photo: Aaron Burden
Thick Februery mists cling heavily / To the dead earth and to each leafless tree.
Image- s-usans-blog. 🌫️ Meaning 🌳:Literally: In February, thick banks of fog hang heavily and cling to: the “dead” earth (wintery, lifeless soil), every leafless tree (bare winter trees). Figurative/stylistic effect: heaviness & inertia (mist that “cling(s) heavily”), stasis / deadness (winter landscape as a symbol for gloom). Works as a mood setter for melancholy, paralysis, or mourning. Origin: English poetry quotation. Author:Clinton Scollard (1860–1932) ✅ Text & location: from “Winter Roundelay,” printed in Current Literature, section “Special Verse Topic—The Month of February,” February 1892, p. 144. ❌ Sometimes wrongly attributed to Emma Lazarus.
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).
