Here's a solstice song!
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right
Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right
It's a what? Oh, well, the lyrics sounded good though.
I, too, have read
The Mists of Avalon and the
Forest House by Zimmer Bradley. While I enjoyed her feminine pagan POV on things (I adore her
Firebrand, the story of the fall of Troy from a woman's POV) her books depress me.
I suppose it's because they're somewhat historical fantasy novels. Regardless of what powers the women have in both the natural and supernatural worlds, what secrets they share, what freedoms they have, you know they're going to lose it all. Her characters know it. Very few of these women of these secret societies are committed to their way of life. Her novels teem with women who just want to be kept, who are easily swayed into letting men do their thinking for them, women who break their commitments to be with men, men who do not share and do not want a world where women have a place aside from being a 'helpmeet' and a man's property. You'd think her female characters would appreciate their world more and be willing to fight and die for it.