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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE BEE'S MAGIC, by BARBARA SCHMITT WHITNEY
First Line: Summer slipped to us in the chill december
Last Line: Winter had vanished!
Subject(s): December; Summer; Winter
First Line: Summer slipped to us in the chill december
Last Line: Winter had vanished!
Subject(s): December; Summer; Winter
Summer slipped to us in the chill December,
Past the frozen lake and the piling snow-drifts --
Came and sought us there in the hall of music,
Where we had gathered.
Snow and frost, so suddenly disappearing,
Left a thin, warm wind in the greening hedges,
Let the sun dip into each lifted, yellow
Buttercup chalice.
Viols brought us, warmingly out of season,
This, the flight-of-the-bumble-bee's droning music,
From the singing soul of a great magician.
Winter had vanished!
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