Departing summer hath assumed An aspect tenderly illumed, The gentlest look of spring; That calls from yonder leafy shade Unfaded, yet prepared to fade, A timely carolling. - William Wordsworth, September The morrow was a bright September morn; The earth was beautiful as if newborn; There was nameless splendor everywhere, That wild exhilaration in the air, Which makes the passers in the city street Congratulate each other as they meet." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "'Tis the last rose of summer, Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone." - Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer, 1830 There is a quote in the Great Gatsby -life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.While it very accurately describes the season of autumn, the heatwave that persists here in Greece rather contradicts it.Summer is almost over,though, and schools are officially starting again on the 11th of September.To top it all off, because here in Greece we can't feel quite alright if we don't have elections a couple of times in a year-and a healthy dose of national drama and political bickering and backstabbing-we have the national elections on the 20th.May we make a wiser choice this time..... September is a month that has inspired- and still inspires the artistic and restless minds.Poems have been written about it, like the ones above, by William Wordsworth and Thomas Moore.Many others ,like Henry James,Emily Dickinson,T.S.Elliot,Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and countless more have contributed their verses to pay tribute to autumn.Beautiful verses,songs,movies that praise the many virtues of September.Likewise,there is a very upbeat song by Earth,Wind and Fire (a group the younger ones will probably not have heard of, but to my generation they were plain awesome.September can be a very happy month with this tune dancing in your head! A couple of decades later,Jason Donovan sang a re-make of the 1972 song by Bobby Vinton "Sealed with a Kiss",dedicated to summer loves that ended sadly in September....
There's a vast array of movies set in autumn.You can find them here:....http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2012/10/15-classic-fall-movies.html I remember an amazing Hollywood movie, that came out in 1961,starring Rock Hudson and Gina Lolobrigida,quite a hot couple in their time.You can see the trailer below.
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