Quote#Nature
That was a day of delight and wonder
Quote byThomas Dunn English · 1819–1902
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Under the Trees, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 494.
English (original)
That was a day of delight and wonder. While lying the shade of the maple trees under— He felt the soft breeze at its frolicksome play; He smelled the sweet odor of newly mown hay.
— Thomas Dunn English
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