Tuesday, October 30, 2012

# brown-ize

Russet, a color of fall, is often associated with sorrow or grave seriousness. Anticipating a lifetime of regret, Shakespeare's character Biron says: "Henceforth my wooing mind shall be express'd / In russet yeas and honest kersey noes." (  Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene 1)

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