What mirrored sun came?
Bright green sprite with angel’s wings-
Katydid touch down.     -k
                                                             

Real Man Walk – Dark Blues Music

But oftner the nights were clear, marvellously lit. Darkness was a pale lustrous gloom. Sometimes the north was silver clear, so luminous that through the filigree of leaf and sapling its glow pierced burning, as though the light were a patterned loveliness standing out against the background of the trees. 

Nan Shepard – The Quarry Wood

A Swan Song For Summer.

The phrase “swan song” refers to a final gesture, effort, or performance given just before death or retirement. Wikipedia.

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” 
― Dolly Parton