Eyry

Thus we entered into the summer, and the beautiful grass waved again on the meadow; the pleasant lights gleamed again from the Eyry windows; the pure moon looked down on the summer fields; the merry voices of the young and happy folks were heard as the farmers came up from the fields, and the horn sounded its "_toot-toot_" as a signal for all to join at meals.

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

And now, at eventide, whilst the Solons of the little commonwealth were making laws, solving problems and building defences against the common enemy -- the wolf of penury and hunger -- I was sitting on the steps or on the low window-sills at the Eyry, meditating and thinking ever of the beautiful things with which I was surrounded; thinking of the glowworms

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

At the Eyry all through the winter, in its cosy little parlor, reigned our queens and kings of art and music.

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

Eyry, for there the music had finally ceased; or if the spirits sang their dirges in those classic walls, my dim ears did not hear them.

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

Rev. Theodore Parker, the noted liberal Unitarian preacher, of whose close personal relations with Mr. Ripley much might be said, lived two miles away, at West Roxbury, where he preached in the village church, and his afternoon walk every few days was over to the Farm and back for exercise, and to meet and converse with Mr. Ripley at the Eyry.

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

Men, women and children were passing from Hive to Eyry on every pleasant day from May to November, and over the farm, back to the Hive, where they took private carriage or public coach for their departure.

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

It was late when Irish John Cheevers, _our_ odd genius, prowling about the premises on his way to his room at the Cottage, saw the light in the Eyry parlor, and supposing some of the household were awake, went softly up and looked in at the window.

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

A moment after, armed with buckets, I started for the Eyry, and at the post of duty worked with a will to forward water to those above who were wetting the front of the house and roof to preserve it from the heat.

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

Early in the second spring (1844) of my sojourn at the farm it was decided to build a large unitary building on the high ground, almost directly in front of the Eyry, though at some distance from it, on the eastern verge of the slope facing the meadow, and nearly in line with the distant town road.

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

Music_, and at the Eyry lingered for a while a sweet enchantress, and the spirits of song and music held their revels there.

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman