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First Line: Live all thy sweet life through
Last Line: Cool with refreshing dew.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Summer; Wishes


LIVE all thy sweet life through,
Sweet Rose, dew-sprent,
Drop down thine evening dew,
To gather it anew
When day is bright:
I fancy thou wast meant
Chiefly to give delight.

Sing in the silent sky,
Glad soaring bird;
Sing out thy notes on high
To sunbeam straying by
Or passing cloud;
Heedless if thou art heard,
Sing thy full song aloud.

Oh that it were with me
As with the flower!
Blooming on its own tree
For butterfly and bee
Its summer morns:
That I might bloom mine hour,
A rose in spite of thorns.

Oh that my work were done
As birds' that soar
Rejoicing in the sun:
That when my time is run
And daylight too,
I so might rest once more
Cool with refreshing dew.





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