Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LATE SUMMER, by CLYDE MCGEE


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LATE SUMMER, by                    
First Line: How I rejoice in thy delights
Last Line: And dwell alone with fantasy.
Subject(s): Happiness; Summer; Joy; Delight


How I rejoice in thy delights,
Glorious days and rapturous nights!
Wandering streams and ripening fields,
And feasts that thy rich bounty yields!
The scented air, the sparkling dews,
And wine that life's full joy renews!

But from thy look thou dost intend
Thy glorious pageant now shall end;
The leaves are turning, skies are grey,
With us thou canst no longer stay,—
Capricious guest, wilt thou depart
And leave me with a saddened heart?

Deep in my mood contemplative
All things I prize seem fugitive;
That to which I most fondly cling
Doth mock me with its vanishing.
I part with all reality
And dwell alone with fantasy.





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