He was less and less charmed by the singsong of the bookies, the pointless silks of the trainers, the false lights, and the sharp dogs — all that stinking fuss in the sweet evenings of spring.
He was less and less charmed by the singsong of the bookies, the pointless silks of the trainers, the false lights, and the sharp dogs all that stinking fuss in the sweet evenings of spring.
Before long, the evenings will be "sweet," even "yellow".
Sweet spring evenings when the sun drops behind the Palisades, the Hudson River sparkles and fireflies dance.
Babel wrote about Jews with a brisk, at times scornful knowingness; he seemed prouder of being an Odessan, a child of this southerly Black Sea port equipped, the sketch "Odessa" tells us, with "sweet and oppressive spring evenings, the spicy aroma of acacias, and a moon filled with an unwavering, irresistible light shining over a dark sea".
In the evenings a thick, sweet cloud of hookah smoke hangs in the air.
Sweet Lily in TriBeCa hosts evenings with local wine shops; customers get free wine with any service.
And for that poor Ambition it springs From a man's little heart's short fever-fit; For Poesy!—no,—she has not a joy,— At least for me,—so sweet as drowsy noons, And evenings steep'd in honied indolence; O, for an age so shelter'd from annoy, That I may never know how change the moons, Or hear the voice of busy common-sense!
I've spent evenings with him reading through sweet love letters from 30 years ago, leafing through his art school projects and holding old slides up to the (now clean) windows.
Crowded with twentysomething Harlemites on the quietest of evenings, the Edge serves wine and sweet punch to a reggae and jazz soundtrack.
On warm evenings the air is flavored with sweet tobacco, as men, young and old, gather outside Middle Eastern cafes to smoke hookahs and drink tiny cups of thick coffee.
