Lily-of-the-Valley

“And the Naiad-like lily of the vale,
Whom youth makes so fair and passion so pale,
That the light of its tremulous bells is seen,
Through their pavilions of tender green.”
~Percy Bysshe Shelley

rain, lily-of-the-valley, poetry,

Friendship

“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life”

~Jean de La Fontaine

friendship, shadow, la fontaine,

Soar

“The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”

~Friedrich Nietzsche

nietzsche, osprey, soar,

Vitality

“And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters.”
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

energy, river, ice,