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SUMMER by C. H. O. SCAIFE

First Line: HOT SUMMER COMES
Last Line: HER HANDS.
Subject(s): SUMMER;

HOT Summer comes
And hums
A drowsy tune.
In June
The flies are young,
Among
The flowers just blown
They drone.
When August's told
They're old,
And fall asleep
Sunk deep
In parched-up grass.
Like glass
Lies each small pool,
And cool
The old fish swim
By slim
And graceful reeds;
The meads
Have lost their rills,
The hills
In slumber lie,
The sky
Is vastly deep
And sleep
Folds round the lands
Her hands.



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