Walt Whitman wrote a moving poem about the death of Abraham Lincoln with these poignant words. These lilacs greeted us when we arrived at our daughter’s home this afternoon. It is cool and showery and just the beginning of Spring in Massachusetts.
I love lilacs and love Whitman's poem as well. Fav. My mother and grandmother had beautiful lilacs in New Jersey. Mom missed them when they retired to Florida, and I miss them in Louisiana.
