Wordie: Halcyon: Comments

Comment by dontcry, 3 days ago

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:08:55 +0000

Walt Whitman wrote a beautiful poem called Halcyon Days:

Not from successful love alone,
Nor wealth, nor honor'd middle age, nor victories of politics or war;
But as life wanes, and all the turbulent passions calm,
As gorgeous, vapory, silent hues cover the evening sky,
As softness, fulness, rest, suffuse the frame, like freshier, balmier air,
As the days take on a mellower light, and the apple at last hangs
really finish'd and indolent-ripe on the tree,
Then for the teeming quietest, happiest days of all!
The brooding and blissful halcyon days!

Comment by johnmperry, 3 days ago

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:14:01 +0000

Means anti-cyclone, so good weather in summer.

Comment by bilby, 3 months ago

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:58:15 +0000

Heard hallie-con only yesterday ... tv newsreader :-(

Comment by sionnach, 3 months ago

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:08:59 +0000

I'm still tempted to say "hallie-con".

Comment by reesetee, 9 months ago

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:58:51 +0000

Yep.

Comment by arby, 9 months ago

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:20:26 +0000

How the hell DO you pronounce it? HAL-see-on, right?

Comment by ejnorman, 9 months ago

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:57:36 +0000

Halcyon is the most beautiful word in the English language.

Comment by burntsox, 9 months ago

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:59:21 +0000

someone at work used this word in a conversation and brought the room to a silent pause.

is there a word for that dangerous word that you've only seen in print but, because you've never heard it aloud, aren't sure how to pronounce? my work colleague nailed it, but i'm just saying.

Comment by halcyonwhimsy, 9 months ago

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:37:24 +0000

I love this word for its many meanings and uses. To add to the aforementioned...

It also means:
calm; peaceful; tranquil
and
rich; wealthy; prosperous
and
happy; joyful; carefree

Kingfisher

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:55:20 +0000

mythical bird that was fabled to nest at sea about the time of the winter solstice and to calm the waves during incubation