quotations about summer
Other seasons in this part of the world come and go, sometimes too soon. Summer overstays his welcome. You drop subtle hints. "My, just look at the time!" you say. Summer just sits there with a blank expression on his sunny face. (Yes, Summer is male. We know this by his clueless insensitivity). In another month, kids will be going back to school for the, uh, "fall." Do you think Summer gets the hint? Of course not. Oh, he might get up and stretch his legs a bit along about September and might take a step or two toward the door. But it's all a ruse and a cruel one at that.
ANONYMOUS
"Summer is here: What are we going to do about it?", The Commercial Dispatch, July 6, 2017
Summer is the sunshine of life.
J. ISLA
attributed, Day's Collacon
Summer is unclothed, and bears a wheaten garland.
OVID
attributed, Day's Collacon
It is beautiful, all, in its going,
This wonderful, sweet summer time;
The leaflets glide down through the sunshine,
As poets thoughts glide into rhyme.
Sweet Summer looks over her shoulder,
And whispers once more her farewells--
I wonder if Peace will come with her
When her feet are again on the hills.
MARY T. LATHRAP
"The Parting with Summer"
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Sonnet XVIII
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
JOHN STEINBECK
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Summer is the year's early manhood.
PLANCHE
attributed, Day's Collacon
Help me, help me, help me sail away
Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In a summertime
THE KINKS
"Sunny Afternoon"
One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.
JEANNETTE WALLS
The Glass Castle
Oh, this summer
Your shoulders look good to me
and that horizon is heavy, it holds back the clouds
we've got a clear path down to the sea
we split the city at dark when the roads are clear
we'll hit the lobster shack and the store
my parade of hips and a tape full of hiss
and the sleeping bag on the floor
SUPERCHUNK
"This Summer"
The kindness of summer produceth in perfection the bounties of harvest.
ROBERT DODSLEY
The Economy of Human Life
Here is the ghost
Of a summer that lived for us,
Here is a promise
Of summer to be.
WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY
Rhymes and Rhythms
Summer is rolling across our paths with all its pleasures, like a cinnamon roll unrolling across your plate leaving a trail of gooey goodness to gather on your fingers and lap up until every drop of sunshine and sugary satisfaction is enjoyed. Oh, it's going to be hot and marvelous, but there are decisions to be made ... like what to drink to quench that summer thirst.
TRINA MACHACEK
"Is This You? Drinking in Summer", Nevada Appeal, July 7, 2017
The optimum thing to wear on your feet in summer is, of course, nothing. Going barefoot gives you a sense of time and place, of independence, of carefreeness. Imagine if everyone went everywhere sans footwear all summer long.
JIM SHEA
"Lose the shoes: Summer is made for barefeet", CT Post, July 7, 2017
You thought it was a falling leaf we heard:
I knew it was the Summer's gypsy feet.
KARLE WILSON BAKER
"Rondel for September", Blue Smoke
Summer has set in with its usual severity.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
letter to Charles Lamb, May 1826
And lest ye long for sunny days
And grudge the cloudy sky,
I'll shew thee summer in my looks
And sunshine in my eye.
GEORGE MURRAY
Islaford, and Other Poems: a Book for Winter Evenings and Summer Moods
I cloud nine when I want to
Out of school, yeah
County fair in the country sun
And everything, it's true, ooh, yeah
Hot fun in the summertime
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
"Hot Fun in the Summertime"
I have a fancy that the sun
Regenerates what he looks upon,
And love to loiter in his rays
Thro' the warm length of summer days.
BESSIE RAYNER BELLOC
Summer Sketches and Other Poems
Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
A Game of Thrones