Henry David Thoreau Quotations: Seasons
So mild the air a pleasure 'twas to breathe,
For what seems heaven above was earth beneath.—"May Morning"
Such is our sympathy with the seasons that we experience the same degree of heat in the winter as in the summer.—Journal, 25 December 1841
The first pleasant days of spring come out like a squirrel and go in again.—Journal, 7 March 1855
The ground under the snow has long since felt the influence of the spring sun, whose rays fall at a more favorable angle.—Journal, 28 March 1856
The seasons and all their changes are in me.—Journal, 26 October 1857
The seasons were not made in vain.—Journal, 30 January 1854
The spring advances in spite of snow and ice, and cold even.—Journal, 28 March 1856
The spring comes earlier to that dooryard than to any, and summer lingers longest there.—Journal, 26 November 1857
The very sound of men's work reminds, advertises, me of the coming of spring.—Journal, 24 February 1852
The year has many seasons more than are recognized in the Almanac.—Journal, 31 May 1850
