sunstreaked

Updated: May 12, 2025

Of all bird voices, none are more sweet and cheerful to my ear than those of swallows, in the dim, sunstreaked interior of a lofty barn; they address the heart with even a closer sympathy than robin-redbreast. But, indeed, all these winged people, that dwell in the vicinity of homesteads, seem to partake of human nature, and possess the germ, if not the development, of immortal souls.

Nathaniel Hawthorne - Buds and Bird Voices (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")