Spring
Identify this passage from the Spring sonnet.
What is "Springtime is upon us. The birds celebrate her return with festive song"?
Identify this passage from the Summer sonnet.
What is "We hear the cuckoo's voice; then sweet songs of the turtledove and finch are heard"?
Identify this passage from the Autumn sonnet.
What is "The hunters emerge at the new dawn, and with horns and dogs and guns depart upon their hunting"?
Identify this passage from the Winter sonnet.
What is "To tremble from cold in the icy snow, in the harsh breath of a horrid wind; to run, stamping one's feet every moment, our teeth chattering in the extreme cold"?
Identify this passage from the Spring sonnet.
What is "The goat-herd sleeps, his faithful dog beside him"?
Identify this passage from the Summer sonnet.
What is "His limbs are now awakened from their repose by fear of lightning’s flash and thunder’s roar, as gnats and flies buzz furiously around"?
Identify this passage from the Autumn sonnet.
What is "Everyone is made to forget their cares and to sing and dance by the air which is tempered with pleasure"?
Identify this passage from the Winter sonnet.
What is "We tread the icy path slowly and cautiously, for fear of tripping and falling. Then turn abruptly, slip, crash on the ground and, rising, hasten on across the ice lest it cracks up"?
Identify this passage from the Spring sonnet.
What is "Thunderstorms, those heralds of Spring, roar, casting their dark mantle over heaven"?
Identify this passage from the Summer sonnet.
What is "Alas, his fears were justified, the Heavens thunders and roar and with hail, cuts the head off the wheat and damages the grain"?
Identify this passage from the Autumn sonnet.
What is "Terrified and tired of the great noise of guns and dogs, the beast, wounded, threatens languidly to flee, but harried, dies"?
Identify this passage from the Winter sonnet.
What is "Before the fire to pass peaceful, contented days while the rain outside pours down"?
Identify this passage from the Spring sonnet.
What is "Led by the festive sound of rustic bagpipes, nymphs and shepherds lightly dance beneath the brilliant canopy of spring"?
Identify this passage from the Summer sonnet.
What is "Soft breezes stir the air, but threatening the North Wind sweeps them suddenly aside"?
Identify this passage from the Autumn sonnet.
What is "And fired up by Bacchus' liquor, many end their revelry in sleep"?
Identify this passage from the Winter sonnet.
What is "We feel the chill north winds course through the home despite the locked and bolted doors... this is winter, which nonetheless brings its own delights"?