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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A JUNE DAY, by JOHN TODHUNTER Poet's Biography First Line: The very spirit of summer breathes today Last Line: Drinking the season's sweetness to the lees. | |||
The very spirit of summer breathes to-day, Here where I sun me in a dreamy mood, And laps the sultry leas, and seems to brood Tenderly o'er those hazed hills far away. The air is fragrant with the new-mown hay, And drowsed with hum of myriad flies pursued By twittering martins. All yon hillside wood Is drowned in sunshine till its green looks grey. No scrap of cloud is in the still blue sky, Vaporous with heat, from which the foreground trees Stand out--each leaf cut sharp. The whetted scythe Makes rustic music for me as I lie, Watching the gambols of the children blythe, Drinking the season's sweetness to the lees. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEIRDRE'S FAREWELL TO ALBA by JOHN TODHUNTER DEIRDRE'S GREAT LAMENTATION FOR THE SONS OF USNACH by JOHN TODHUNTER IRISH MELODIES by JOHN TODHUNTER THE DEATH-SONG OF TURANN by JOHN TODHUNTER THE LAMENT OF AIDEEN FOR OSCAR by JOHN TODHUNTER THE MARSEILLAISE by JOHN TODHUNTER THE SWANS' LAMENT FOR THE DESOLATION OF LIR by JOHN TODHUNTER |
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