Further in Summer than the Birds —
Pathetic from the Grass —
A minor Nation celebrates
It’s unobtrusive Mass.
No Ordinance be seen —
So gradual the Grace
A gentle Custom it becomes —
Enlarging Loneliness —
Antiquest felt at Noon —
When August burning low
Arise this spectral Canticle
Repose to typify —
Remit as yet no Grace —
No furrow on the Glow,
But a Druidic Difference
Enhances Nature now —
~ Emily Dickinson
(The Poems of Emily Dickinson, #895)
New London County now has 1,499 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Of those, 3 people are in the hospital and 106 have lost their lives. That’s 66 new cases but 3 fewer in the hospital since August 9. College students are returning to their dorms and time will tell how well they do with social distancing.