John Burroughs Quotes about Spring

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Oh, Spring is surely coming, Her couriers fill the air; Each morn are new arrivals, Each night her ways prepare; I scent her fragrant garments, Her foot is on the stair.

Oh, Spring is surely coming, Her couriers fill the air; Each morn are new arrivals, Each night her ways prepare; I scent her fragrant garments, Her foot is on the stair.

John Burroughs

Spring, Night, Air

John Burroughs (1906). “Bird and Bough”

Now is the time of the illuminated woods ... when every leaf glows like a tiny lamp.

John Burroughs

Spring, Vision, Lamps

For two summers not a blue wing, not a blue warble. I seemed to miss something kindred and precious from my environment--the visible embodiment of the tender sky and wistful soil. What a loss, I said, to coming generations of dwellers in the country--no bluebird in spring!

John Burroughs

Summer, Country, Spring

Neltje Blanchan, John Burroughs (2016). “Bird Neighbors - An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifty Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes”, p.7, Read Books Ltd

John Burroughs Quotes about Spring

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