Dark red roses in a honeyed wind swinging, Dark red roses in a honeyed wind swinging, Silk-soft hollyhock, coloured like the moon; Silk-soft hollyhock, coloured like the moon; Larks high overhead lost in light, and singing; Larks high overhead lost in light, and singing; That's the way of June. That's the way of June. Dark red roses in the warm wind falling, Dark red roses in the warm wind falling, Velvet leaf by velvet leaf, all the breathless noon; Velvet leaf by velvet leaf, all the breathless noon; Far off sea waves calling, calling, calling; Far off sea waves calling, calling, calling; That's the way of June. That's the way of June. Sweet as scarlet strawberry under wet leaves hidden, Sweet as scarlet strawberry under wet leaves hidden, Honey'd as the damask rose, lavish as the moon, Honey'd as the damask rose, lavish as the moon, Shedding lovely light on things forgotten, hope forbidden, Shedding lovely light on things forgotten, hope forbidden, That's the way of June. That's the way of June. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE WAY (PHILADELPHIA, 1794) by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON BUCOLIC COMEDY: KING COPHETUA AND THE BEGGAR MAID by EDITH SITWELL TO MARY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A NICE CORRESPONDENT by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON SEA UNICORNS AND LAND UNICORNS by MARIANNE MOORE COLUMBUS [AUGUST 3, 1492] by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER |