'Green oracle'

“A Day in June” (1913),  by George Bellows

“A Day in June” (1913), by George Bellows

“You are the green oracle

            cursed to remember

the seasons that circle

            like the buzzards in

the dead heat.’’

— Ian Mathes, from “A Day in June’’

“Flaming June’’ (1895), by Lord Leighton

“Flaming June’’ (1895), by Lord Leighton