Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUMMER'S DAY, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poet's Biography First Line: Well, love, so be it as you say Last Line: If it be tears, we've had our laughter Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Summer | ||||||||
Well, love, so be it as you say, Just the hours of a summer's day, And no sighing for what comes after, Whether it be tears or laughter. Take my hand, and we go together Into love's land of golden weather. You to be king and I for queen; Right royally to reign, I ween. Cool amber wine in cups of gold Bring maids, in rosy fingers' hold. Lip-pledged, but, you'll say ere your drinking, My loss were sweeter to your thinking. And youths shall rob the spring for me Of all the perfumed flowers that be; I'll seek your eyes, and they refusing, I'll answer only at your choosing. So, love, your hand, and we away. Just the hours of a summer's day, And no weeping for what comes after- If it be tears, we've had our laughter. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ADVANCE OF SUMMER by MARY KINZIE THE SUMMER IMAGE by LEONIE ADAMS CANOEBIAL BLISS by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY THE END OF SUMMER by HENRY MEADE BLAND THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD SONNET: 14. APPROACH OF SUMMER by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES JULY IN WASHINGTON by ROBERT LOWELL ODE TO THE END OF SUMMER by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY THE WIND ON THE HILLS by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER |
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