Autumn crocus.Some of the leaves Are falling early But there are glinting glint n. 1. A momentary flash of light; a sparkle. 2. A faint or fleeting indication; a trace. v. glint·ed, glint·ing, glints v.intr. To gleam or flash briefly. Dragonflies Hornets in windfalls And a brown honey-bee Searching about In the surviving roses The summer birds Are just beginning Their autumn journeys We watch Their clustered flocks Unraveling in the sky And always rising Until they trail away As small as gnats And higher than the sun We watch them out of sight The air Is drained of summer We're left behind With apple-scented nights With carillons
See also Christmas. Neglectfulness (See CARELESSNESS.) Nervousness (See INSECURITY.) Bethlehem birthplace of Jesus. [N.T. And this new air Whose coolness is itself A kind of fragrance And now the earth Breathes out the unearthly blossoms Of autumn crocus autumn crocus: see meadow saffron. autumn crocus Any plant of the genus Colchicum (lily family), sometimes called meadow saffron, comprising about 30 species of herbaceous plants native to Eurasia. The stemless, crocuslike flowers bloom in autumn. Around the tool-shed door. |
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