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blue jay - a dream of springby ~mollygrue

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Animals

ALL Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair—
The bees are stirring—birds are on the wing—
And WINTER, slumbering in the open air,
Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!
And I, the while, the sole unbusy thing,
Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.

Yet well I ken the banks where amaranths blow,
Have traced the fount whence streams of nectar flow.
Bloom, O ye amaranths! bloom for whom ye may,
For me ye bloom not! Glide, rich streams, away!
With lips unbrighten'd, wreathless brow, I stroll:
And would you learn the spells that drowse my soul?
WORK WITHOUT HOPE draws nectar in a sieve,
And HOPE without an OBJECT cannot live.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Work Without Hope", 1825

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~RookinherRookery Jan 23, 2009

This is a so-perfect, evocatively dreamy image of my favorite all-year friend, the blue jay.. I'm so happy to have encountered your work.

~mollygrue Jan 28, 2009

We put out seeds every morning for the birds, and two blue jays always come by for a meal. With all of the snow everywhere, it just seemed like a striking contrast to me. Glad you like it!

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