Sunset Notes

Line 15: "Middle-earth" is, of course, Tolkien's name for his world, or our 
world. It is derived from Germanic legends.

Line 27: This was a migration. It passed overhead for over an hour, and 
may have continued for longer- I don't know, I got cold and went inside. 
I'm amazed that there are that many birds left in the world.

Line 33: "Red sky at night, sailors' delight; Red sky in morning, sailors take 
warning." I don't know the origin.

Line 34: "This sea that bares her bosom to the moon / The winds that will 
be howling at all hours / And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers / 
For this, for everything, we are out of tune / It moves us not."  -- William 
Wordsworth, "The World Is Too Much with Us."

Line 40: "So goodnight ye moonlight ladies / And rock-a-bye sweet baby 
James / Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose / Won't you let me 
go down in my dreams / And rock-a-bye sweet baby James."  -- James 
Taylor, "Sweet Baby James."