Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Strentzel family]
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Transcription
5 [deleted: until] And in spring & early summer when the hot sunbeams are poured lavishly down upon the snow fountains of the Alps, & the liberated waters sing jubilee, then is the flood time of our songsters melody, & [deleted: the] his richest strains course pour= =ing from his breast, like a river over- =flowing its banks – But as to the in= =fluence of the weather – dark days & sun- -days seem all alike to [underlined: him] The voices of most song birds suffer a long winter eclipse, but I never knew an ouzel to cease his singing in any season, or in any kind of weather snowing, blowing, cloudy, or clear, all the same he sings, & never a note of sadness – no need of spring sunshine to thaw his song, for it never freezes, nothing wintry
Location
[San Francisco]
Date Original
[1878 Apr 27]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 22 x 31 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0786-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0786
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
