A Summer Night
Gleaming water Everything is rejoicing Skilful craftsmen Adorning all things around And you – when are you joining us? Strike your harp Whirl in a dance Golden stars Ferns are laughing The summer is sweet Berries reflect in the lake O! darkness radiates light When will you say goodbye? O night, O one more night … Continue reading
Celebration of Summer
“O for a summer noon, when light and breeze Sport on the grass, like ripples o’er a lake Alive with freshness! when the full round Sun, With the Creator’s smile upon his face, Walks like a prince of glory through the path Of Heaven!—Thou vast, and ever-glorious sky, Mantling the earth with thy majestic robe…” … Continue reading
Summer Solstice
I wanted to see where beauty comes from without you in the world, hauling my heart across sixty acres of northeast meadow, my pockets filling with flowers. Then I remembered, it’s you I miss in the brightness and body of every living name: rattlebox, yarrow, wild vetch. You are the green wonder of June, root … Continue reading
Princess Theodora von Auersperg 