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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!
Means anti-cyclone, so good weather in summer.
Heard hallie-con only yesterday ... tv newsreader :-(
I'm still tempted to say "hallie-con".
Yep.
How the hell DO you pronounce it? HAL-see-on, right?
Halcyon is the most beautiful word in the English language.
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.
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
mythical bird that was fabled to nest at sea about the time of the winter solstice and to calm the waves during incubation