Faint winds, and far away a fading laughter... And the rain and over the fields a voice calling...
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- This describes a faint natural scene with distant sounds and a calling voice.
- In plain terms
- The wind blows and a voice calls out across a rainy field.
- What can you take from it?
- Nature often carries distant sounds that feel significant.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is being called?
- Who is listening?
Another view
It is a fragment that does not provide a clear lesson.
More from F. Scott Fitzgerald
It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
Permalink to quote #17 The shadow of a dove Falls on the cote, the trees are filled with wings; And down the valley through the crying trees The body of the darker storm flies; bring…
Permalink to quote #19 Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.
Permalink to quote #16
Related quotes
Along the western slopes of the Oregon Coastal Range . . . come look: the hysterical crashing of tributaries as they merge into the Wakonda Auga River . . .
Ken KeseyKen Kesey quote #1 And so never ending, but always descending, Sounds and motions forever and ever are blending All at once and all o'er, with a mighty uproar, - And this way the…
Robert SoutheyRobert Southey quote #39 Two Voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains; each a mighty Voice.
William WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth quote #55