earth-longing

Updated: May 6, 2025

You'll find the whole pot boiling when you come home," the Judge said, as the train started. As February drew on and the snow fled, the earth-longing got hold upon Bradley. It was almost seed time, with its warm, mellow soil, its sweeping flights of prairie pigeons, its innumerable swarms of tiny clamorous sparrows, its whistling plovers, and its passing wild fowl.

Hamlin Garland - A Spoil of Office: A Story of the Modern West