Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUMMER, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE


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SUMMER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What was summer chanting?
Last Line: Summer's come!
Subject(s): Nature; Summer


WHAT was Summer chanting?
O ye brooks and birds,
Flash and pipe in happiness,
Stirring hearts that cares oppress
Into shining words!
Here's the pollen soon to make
Smudges on the woodbee's coat,
Here's the lily of the lake
Anchored in a golden boat.
Wonder at the wind that blows
Odours from the forest sweet;
Marvel at the honeyed rose
Heaping petals at her feet;
Hark at wood-nymphs rustling through
Brakes and thickets tender-knee'd!
Hark! some shepherd pipe there blew—
Was it Pan upon a reed?
Oh! the pinks and garden-spice,
Nature's every fair device,
Mingled in a scented hoard
Expected, longed-for, and adored—
Summer's come!





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