. Birds through the year . THE LONELIER HOURS The glories of summer nights are earth-born, and their lightsare warmer and nearer to us than the splendour of the wintermoon. All night at midsummer the colour of daylighthardly fades out of the north if the sky is clear; and on wetor cloudy nights the dusk is full of earths perfumes, andobscurely lit with flowers still gleaming in the unreal dark-ness. There is seldom a really dark night in June or thefirst half of July; the suns path still creeps so near thehorizon that light is reflected from all light objects, andeven from the upper clouds. Th
. Birds through the year . THE LONELIER HOURS The glories of summer nights are earth-born, and their lightsare warmer and nearer to us than the splendour of the wintermoon. All night at midsummer the colour of daylighthardly fades out of the north if the sky is clear; and on wetor cloudy nights the dusk is full of earths perfumes, andobscurely lit with flowers still gleaming in the unreal dark-ness. There is seldom a really dark night in June or thefirst half of July; the suns path still creeps so near thehorizon that light is reflected from all light objects, andeven from the upper clouds. The earth on a June nightseems plunged in a conscious rest more refreshing thansleep; its spirit seems etherealised rather than sunk intorpor. Cries of half wakeful birds continually suggest howlight is the veil of unconsciousness ; most creatures hibernatein some degree like dormice or bears, and expend in summerwakefulness the energy they accumulate in long wintersleep. The summer twilight of England is one of thehappiest
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