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Middle Ages3 quotes
The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit. — Sir Thomas Mallory · 1485Now the summer came to pass
And flowers through the grass
Joyously sprang,
While all the tribes of birds sang. — Walther von der Vogelweide · 1230The season has shed its mantle of wind and chill and rain. — Charles d'Orleans · 1440The Renaissance3 quotes
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date. — William Shakespeare · 1609Winter, which being full of care
Makes summer's welcome, thrice more wished, more rare. — William Shakespeare · 1609Why, this is very midsummer madness! — William Shakespeare · 1602Classical antiquity2 quotes
The snows have fled, now grass returns to the fields and leaves to the trees. — Horace · 11 BCThe season of ships is here,
The west wind and the swallows;
Flowers in the fields appear,
And the ocean of hills and hollows
Has calmed its waves and is clear.
Free that anchor and chain!
Set your full canvas flying,
O men in the harbor lane:
It is I, Pirapus crying.
Sail out on your trades again! — Leonidas of Tarentum · 200 BCAge of Enlightenment1 quote
Wheree'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade,
Trees, where you sit, shall crowd into a shade:
Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise,
And all things flourish where you turn your eyes. — Alexander Pope · 1709Ancient World1 quote
Does Heaven say anything? The four seasons run their course and all things are produced. Does Heaven say anything? — Confucius · 221 BC