Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUMMER DAY, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO


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SUMMER DAY, by                    
First Line: Far before me stretched a woodland
Last Line: Of their summer melody.
Subject(s): Seasons; Summer


Far before me stretched a woodland,
Clothed with leaves of dappled grey;
Far behind me lay a meadow,
Filled with bleating lambs at play.

Clear and blue the sky above me,
Here and there a cloudlet showed;
Alabaster masses, faintly
Tinged with flecks of gleaming gold.

Birds were flittering in the branches,
Where the sunlight glimmered through;
Roses bathed their blushing faces
In the fragrant morning dew.

Where the ferns bent to the brooklet,
Deep and dark the shadows lay;
On the winds from fields afar off,
Came the scent of new-mown hay.

Every leaflet tossed and trembled,
As the breeze would come and go;
I am sure that they were telling
Some weird secrets, soft and low.

Deer and squirrels roamed the woodlands,
Without fear of unseen harm;
Not a sound but bird's soft twitter
Broke the sweet of nature's calm.

May our lives e'er guide us gently
Onward to eternity;
May no storm disturb the beauty
Of their summer melody.





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