#nature apperication

(This one is especially good for baby witches / beginning appreciators of the sun)

“I’ll tell you how the Sun rose – A Ribbon at a time – The Steeples swam in Amethyst – The news, like Squirrels, ran –“

excerpt from I’ll tell you how the Sun rose by Emily Dickinson

“The sun has burst the sky Because I love you And the river its banks.“

from The Sun Has Burst The Sky by Jenny Joesph

“To-day I shall be strong, No more shall yield to wrong, Shall squander life no more; Days lost, I know not how, I shall retrieve them now; Now I shall keep the vow I never kept before.”

from ‘How Clear, How Lovely Bright’ by A. E. Housman

(fyi almost all of his other poems are also about nature as well)

“You exist openly. Our needs hourly Climb and return like angels. Unclosing like a hand, You give for ever.”

from Solar by Philip Larkin

Other Quotes

“Your smile is a million suns The galaxy never knows night When you’re happy.”

by Eleanor Rigby

(literally a random online poem I stumbled upon but I really like it!!)

“As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with gladness – just the pure air to breathe and the strength to breath it; just warmth and shelter and home folks; just plain food that gives us strength; the bright sunshine on a cold day; and a cool breeze when the day is warm.”

- Laura Ingles Wilder, from Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Wisdom and Virtues, which I highly recommend giving a peep

“I used to cover my windows in heavy curtains, never drawn. Now I danced in the sunlight on my hardwood floors.” - Kimberly Novosel’s book Loved

If anyone feels drawn to it, here’s the theoi page on Apollo as well, which links dozens of full stories about him! (and cites it’s sources!! victory!!!)

Also, a list of other solar deities right here! Somehow the best one I can find is on Wikipedia. (iiiif anyone has a better one please let me know)

Thank you so much for reading this far, and I hope you all have FANTASTIC days!!