Quote of the Day (Thomas Hardy, As Summer Draws to a Close)

“They are blithely breakfasting all—

      Men and maidens—yea,

       Under the summer tree,

            With a glimpse of the bay,

       While pet fowl come to the knee . . .

           Ah, no; the years O!

 And the rotten rose is ript from the wall.”— Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928), “During Wind and Rain”