Quote#Nature
The gray-green stretch of sandy grass
Quote byArthur Symons · 1865–1945
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Color Studies. At Dieppe (1895)..
English (original)
The gray-green stretch of sandy grass, Indefinitely desolate; A sea of lead, a sky of slate; Already autumn in the air, alas! One stark monotony of stone, The long hotel, acutely white, Against the after-sunset light Withers gray-green, and takes the grass's tone.
— Arthur Symons
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