Lemons and Oranges – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quote

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – Orange Tree Quote – Orange Photo by CTG Publishing

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – Orange Tree Quote – Orange Photo by CTG Publishing

To Miss F. – May 8, 1862
from The works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with bibliographical and critical notes and his life, with extracts from his journals and correspondence
“As I was passing down the village street yesterday, I saw at a shop window, directly opposite Felton’s study, a beautiful orange-tree, having upon it six oranges and a hundred buds and blossoms. I could not resist the temptation of buying it; and it is now flourishing in my own window and filling the room with fragrance… It stands under the shelter of a lemon-tree ten feet high, which for the last ten years has kept up a make-believe summer all winter long in my study.”