United States or Western Sahara ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
"My dear boy," said Hilary, "if any bit of my character has crept into Thyme, I'm truly sorry." Stephen took his brother's hand and gave it a good grip; and, Cecilia coming in, they all sat down. Cecilia at once noted what Stephen in his preoccupation had not that Hilary had come to tell them something.
Rabbit ran toward her until they met deep in the blue aftercrop of grass. Their little noses touched. And for a moment in the midst of the wild sorrel, they exchanged kisses. They played. Then slowly, side by side, guided by hunger, they set out for a small farm lying low in the shadow. In the poor vegetable garden into which they penetrated there were crisp cabbages and spicy thyme.
Make it lie flat, then cut a place in the middle of the upper part about three inches deep and six inches long, take the piece out and chop it, add a little beef suet or beef marrow, parsley, thyme, green truffles, mushrooms, shalots, lemon peel chopped fine, and season it with pepper, salt, and a little beaten allspice.
The children are ourselves; and Japan is but the "kingdom of those dreams which ...are the sole reality worth living and dying for." The poet says of this kingdom: "Deep in every heart it lies With its untranscended skies; For what heaven should bend above Hearts that own the heaven of love?" The Forest of Wild Thyme affords another
But one of my most frequent expeditions was from the larger island to the less; there I disembarked and spent my afternoon, sometimes in mimic rambles among wild elders, persicaries, willows, and shrubs of every species, sometimes settling myself on the top of a sandy knoll, covered with turf, wild thyme, flowers, even sainfoin and trefoil that had most likely been sown there in old days, making excellent quarters for rabbits.
The broom-rape, a comparatively recent immigrant from Europe, lays hold of the roots of thyme in preference to other place of entertainment; the Yellow Rattle, the Lousewort, and many more attach themselves to the roots of grasses frequently with a serious curtailment of crop.
Compare thy own luxury, my friend, lined with alarm, thy delights, not sure of a morrow, thy orgies, with the lives of Christians, and thou wilt find a ready answer. But, to compare better, come to our mountains with the odor of thyme, to our shady olive groves on our shores lined with ivy.
And suddenly from the ineffable peace of his last evening, while the balalaika mourned and the man overhead tested the solidity of his ring-bolt, a voice outside, the grave, deep voice of Annouchka, sang for the little Frenchman: "For whom weave we now the crown Of lilac, rose and thyme? When my hand falls lingering down Who then will bring your crown Of lilac, rose and thyme?
The women brought their work and their needles with them, and when they had told their stories, the children ran about the hill making bunches of wild flowers including harebells and wild thyme. They ran after the butterflies and the bumbees, and made acquaintance in a small way with the beauties of nature. Then the servants opened their baskets of provisions, and we had a delightful picnic.
And the touch of those fingers was worth more than any words, as this night, all moonlit dreams, was worth more than a thousand nights of sane reality. Thyme twisted herself away from him at last. "I can't," she sobbed. "I'm not what you thought me I'm not made for it!" A scornful little smile curled Martin's lip. So that was it! But the smile soon died away. One did not hit what was already down!
Word Of The Day