Midsummer’s Eve
Looking for some words to celebrate midsummer, I found this lovely extract which casts a magic spell…
“Out of this wood do not desire to go:
Thou shalt remain here, whether thou wilt or no.
I am a spirit of no common rate;
The summer still doth tend upon my state;
And I do love thee: therefore, go with me;
I’ll give thee fairies to attend on thee,
And they shall fetch thee jewels from the deep,
And sing while thou on pressed flowers dost sleep.”Titania, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
Photo © Colin Woolf
18 Comments
justbod
Beautiful! Love ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ – thank you 🙂
Jo Woolf
Thanks, Justbod! I love it too – I’d forgotten how magical it is. 🙂
Norma Dowling
Thanks, Jo; if only it were warm enough to sleep out in a wood!
Jo Woolf
Haha, only in our dreams, Norma! 🙂
Pat
A delightful passage! Thank you for bringing that to mind!
Jo Woolf
Glad you enjoyed it, Pat! Spreading some midsummer magic! 🙂
http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com
What a treat, both words and picture
Jo Woolf
Thank you, Viv! 🙂
christinelaennec
That is lovely, thank you! Beautiful photo as well.
Jo Woolf
Glad you enjoyed it, Christine! Those lovely stitchwort flowers were photographed in Taynish woods last week.
davidoakesimages
Dis some one say …sleeping in the woods!? Current summer weather I would say forget it (-: Maybe now we are past the half way point in the year summer will arrive….I hope so.
Jo Woolf
I hope so too! I am following someone on Twitter who is camping wild for a year – she’s had some rough weather so far!
Ann
Lovely!
Jo Woolf
Thank you, Ann! 🙂
dancingbeastie
Oh, delightful, and the perfect photo to illustrate the mood. An enchanted midsummer night indeed!
Jo Woolf
Thank you! 🙂
luciana
Thanks, the newsletter’s his pleasing and very interesting!
Jo Woolf
Thank you, Luciana – you are very kind! 🙂