halwes

Updated: May 15, 2025

"The time of the singing of birds is come And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land." But as for me it is neither bitters, nor cottages, nor trout, nor "ferne halwes couth in sondry landës" that I long for: but simply for the soil, for the warming, stirring earth, for my mother.

Dallas Lore Sharp - The Hills of Hingham