Quote of the Day (Henry David Thoreau, Inspired by an Early September Day)

“Sometimes my thought rustles in midsummer as if ripe for the fall. I anticipate the russet hues and the dry scent of autumn, as the feverish man dreams of balm and sage.”— American essayist, naturalist and poet Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), journal entry for Sept. 2, 1841, in The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: Journal, Volume I, 1837-1846, edited by Bradford Torrey (1906)

Song Lyric of the Day (The Beach Boys, on Summer, ‘Gone Away’)

“Summer's gone
Summer's gone away
Gone away
With yesterday.”— Jon Bon Jovi, Joseph Thomas, and Brian Wilson, “Summer’s Gone,” performed by the Beach Boys on their That's Why God Made the Radio CD (2012)

(The picture accompanying this post shows The Beach Boys back in their Sixties heyday, including two Wilson Brothers who have died: Carl and Dennis. They are "Gone away/With yesterday," like the youth of the surviving members of the band--and, indeed, that of the first two generations of their listeners.)