Quote#Wisdom
August is laughing across the sky
Quote byPauline Johnson · 1861–1913
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The White Wampum (1895), "The Song my Paddle Sings", line 19; p. 33..
English (original)
August is laughing across the sky, Laughing, while paddle, canoe and I Drift, drift, Where the hills uplift On either side of the current swift.
— Pauline Johnson
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The pine trees whispering, the heron's cry, The plover's passing wing, his lullaby.
The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way, And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay; And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyes Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise.
What great Effects from slender Causes flow!
So All is diff’rent, and yet All is One.
But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your lash also upon his back, tell him, that be has nothing to do either with the load or the lash.
