[The lupines] are transparent.
Last night in the dark they were all a pale, whitish color like the moon by day —
a mere dull luminousness, as if they reflected light absorbed by day.
Henry Thoreau, May 28, 1853
The moon is now full.
The air is liquid white light
luminous moonlight.
In the moonlight night
there are three objects – the moon
a pine tree and me.
May 16, 1851
May 4. A robin sings when I, in the house, cannot distinguish the earliest dawning from the full moon light. His song first advertises me of the daybreak, when I think it night, as I lie looking out into the full moonlight. I hear a robin begin his strain, and yield the point to him, believing he is better acquainted with the springs of the day than I, — with the signs of day. May 4, 1855
May 5. Evening. — To the Lee place rock. Moon not up.There goes a shooting star down towards the horizon, like a rocket, appearing to describe a curve. The water sleeps with stars in its bosom. May 5, 1852
May 8. It grows dark around. The full moon rises, and I paddle by its light. May 8, 1857
May 16. A splendid full moon to-night. Walked from 6. 30 to 10 P M. Lay on a rock near a meadow, which had absorbed and retained much heat, so that I could warm my back on it, it being a cold night. I found that the side of the sand-hill was cold on the surface, but warm two or three inches beneath. If there is a more splendid moonlight than usual, only the belated traveller observes it. When I am outside, on the outskirts of the town, enjoying the still majesty of the moon, I am wont to think that all men are aware of this miracle, that they too are silently worshipping this manifestation of divinity elsewhere. But when I go into the house I am undeceived; they are absorbed in checkers or chess or novel, though they may have been advertised of the brightness through the shutters. In the moonlight night what intervals are created! The rising moon is related to the near pine tree which rises above the forest, and we get a juster notion of distance. The moon is only somewhat further off and on one side. There may be only three objects, — myself, a pine tree, and the moon, nearly equidistant. Talk of demonstrating the rotation of the earth on its axis, — see the moon rise, or the sun! The moonlight reveals the beauty of trees. By day it is so light and in this climate so cold commonly, that we do not perceive their shade. We do not know when we are beneath them. May 16, 1851
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A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau
"A book, each page written in its own season,
out-of-doors, in its own locality."
~edited, assembled and rewritten by zphx © 2009-2023
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