Saturday, January 29, 2011

Colette, from The Evening Star

It is scorching springtime, which stunts the grass and the spears of the wheat. An east wind, no dew, the rosebush drops its unopened buds, the cherry-tree its wrinkled cherries, the young garlic and sensitive shallot swoon away-- pity the winged pea-flower which begs for rain to transform it into a pod...
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