Nathaniel Parker Willis Quote

Spring is a beautiful piece of work; and not to be in the country to see it done is the not realizing what glorious masters we are, and how cheerfully, minutely, and unflaggingly the fair fingers of the season broider the world for us.


Out-doors at Idlewild: Or, The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson (ed. 1860)


Spring is a beautiful piece of work; and not to be in the country to see it done is the not realizing what glorious masters we are, and how...

Spring is a beautiful piece of work; and not to be in the country to see it done is the not realizing what glorious masters we are, and how...

Spring is a beautiful piece of work; and not to be in the country to see it done is the not realizing what glorious masters we are, and how...

Spring is a beautiful piece of work; and not to be in the country to see it done is the not realizing what glorious masters we are, and how...