Maples Giving Forth Light
November 17, 2014
“The maples give forth light, like closer suns. The oaks glow with garnet fire, and all the thickets blaze with scarlets and pale gold and cinnamon. It is like the music of a trumpet.”
— Gladys Tabor, Stillmeadow Daybook
Glowing maple leaves, November
“The one red leaf, the last of its clan,
That dances as often as dance it can.”
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge, from “Christobel”
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November 18, 2014 at 10:49 am
I love searching for words to describe the beauty of this season . .
November 18, 2014 at 1:09 pm
There are some lovely words in the quote — I like “closer suns” and “garnet fire.”
November 18, 2014 at 6:26 pm
Coleridge! I always think of him in terms of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” I like this much more!