The Holly King and Oak King

 

 

                              

                                 

 

❆The Holly King and Oak King 🌳

The  tale of a never ending battle between light and dark.

The Holly King and Oak King represent winter and summer, light and dark and life and death.

They are the personification of the seasons.

The two kings engage in an  endless battle.


During the warm days of Midsummer the Oak King is at his strongest; the Holly King regains power at
the Autumn equinox, then his strength peaks during Midwinter, at which point the Oak King is reborn, regaining  power at the Spring equinox, and this cycle continues year after year.


                                


 

The Last Rose of Summer..

More Paranormal / Cryptids posts coming in December...

The Last rose of Summer" 

By Thomas Moore.  1805

Tis the last rose of summer,
    Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
    Are faded and gone;
No flower of her kindred,
    No rose-bud is nigh,
To reflect back her blushes
    Or give sigh for sigh!

I'll not leave thee, thou lone one.
    To pine on the stem;
Since the lovely are sleeping,
    Go, sleep thou with them;
Thus kindly I scatter
    Thy leaves o'er the bed,
Where thy mates of the garden
    Lie scentless and dead.

So soon may I follow,
    When friendships decay,
And from love's shining circle
    The gems drop away!
When true hearts lie withered,
    And fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit
    This bleak world alone?