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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
END OF SUMMER, by GEORGE ELLISTON
First Line: The summer is so radiant / I cannot see it go
Last Line: And so can never die.
Subject(s): Summer
First Line: The summer is so radiant / I cannot see it go
Last Line: And so can never die.
Subject(s): Summer
The summer is so radiant
I cannot see it go --
I hug it closely to me for
Its final warmth and glow.
There was an aster blooming lone
Today upon the hill,
And not to root it up took all
My boasted strength of will.
There is a stalk of golden rod
That is about to flower.
Oh, all my heart cries out against
Foreboding of this hour.
Cold winds that blow, I bid you go,
To some bleak fastness high
Where summer never comes at all
And so can never die.
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