When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd Whitman's encounter with the lilacs in bloom in his mother's yard caused the flowers to become "viscerally bound to the memory of Lincoln's death". According to Gregory Eiselein: In the weeks before Lincoln's assassination, Whitman observed the planet Venus shining brightly in the evening sky. He later wrote of the observation, "Nor earth nor sky ever knew spectacles of superber beauty than some of the nights lately here. The western star, Venus, in the earlier hours of evening, has never been so large, so clear; it seems as if it told something, as if it held rapport indulgent with humanity,
The Guardian of the Solar System its "astonishing" imagery. The Guardian of the Solar System The Guardian of the Solar System is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". The Companion Chronicles "talking books" are each narrated by one of the Doctor's companions and feature a second, guest-star voice along with music and sound effects. The First Doctor, Steven and Sara Kingdom find themselves inside a giant clock, the great secret of The Guardians of the Solar System. "Doctor Who Magazine" reviewer Matt Michael said that the audio was "excellent", describing it has having a "dark, haunting