lemon-buds

Updated: May 8, 2025

Wherever an empty corner can be found, it is soon filled by tottering babies and mischievous children. The country-women come with their large dangling earrings of thin gold, wearing pink tulips or lemon-buds in their black hair. A low buzz of gossiping and mutual recognition keeps the air alive.

John Addington Symonds - Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series