Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNETS OF SEASONS: 2. SUMMER, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT


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SONNETS OF SEASONS: 2. SUMMER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I stand outside a church this summer day
Last Line: No lasting peace is in thy beauty found.
Subject(s): Summer


I stand outside a church this summer day;
The sky is blue above the golden cross,
Around me purple lilacs droop and toss,
Among the trees the birds sing blithe and gay.
Through open windows floats a solemn lay,
A funeral hymn wailing a human loss
O'er a loved body, soon forsaken dross.
Hark! now the organ ceases. Hush! they pray.
O barren brightness of the summer skies!
O singing birds, and warm, sweet-scented wind!
Ye tell me not to whom those voices sound.
Fair nature, heaven enough to my poor eyes,
O bid me not in thee my joy to find!
No lasting peace is in thy beauty found.





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