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A Song For Summer.
A SONG FOR SUMMER .
SUMMER , the merry-eyed maiden , Summer , the bountiful queen , Comes to us laughing , gift-laden , Clad in a mantle of green . Welcome her , clasp her and hold her , Our beautiful golden-haired pride ,
Ere Time , her false father , hath sold her To winter , a heart-broken bride . Drink from her lips love and laughter ! Call her your own while you may , Nor care for the sorrowful After , Which follows the bliss of a clay .
For Summer and Sunshine are fleeting , And maidenly beauty must fade ; And hearts will soon break that are beating , And low in the silence be laid ; And footfall of feet blessing bringing Will echo a moment , then die ;
And hands that are clasping and clinging , At rest on the bosom will lie . The snoivy ' pure bosom sigh-shaken , Deep sighs ivhich escape with the soul , When love has been lavished and slaken , And billows of sorrowivhich roll
, O ' er the heads of the weaker who battle , Have gathered their prey to the deep , With the sound of the choking death-rattle Which heralds the hush of a sleep .
Summer , the syren hath bound , me With sunbeams ivhich dart from her eyes—She stole from the silence and found me Wearied of life 'and its lies , And threw to me holiest ties . Oh love ! that I lost in the gloaming ,
The season of darkness and dearth , But found , as I followed the roaming Of Summer o ' er bountiful earth , That budded and bloomed at her birth .
I will live for the sake of life ' s gladness , And sunshine that scatters our tears ; And hope shall be stronger than sadness , And faith be more mighty than fears , As Summer sheds light on thc years . LEONARD LLOXD .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Song For Summer.
A SONG FOR SUMMER .
SUMMER , the merry-eyed maiden , Summer , the bountiful queen , Comes to us laughing , gift-laden , Clad in a mantle of green . Welcome her , clasp her and hold her , Our beautiful golden-haired pride ,
Ere Time , her false father , hath sold her To winter , a heart-broken bride . Drink from her lips love and laughter ! Call her your own while you may , Nor care for the sorrowful After , Which follows the bliss of a clay .
For Summer and Sunshine are fleeting , And maidenly beauty must fade ; And hearts will soon break that are beating , And low in the silence be laid ; And footfall of feet blessing bringing Will echo a moment , then die ;
And hands that are clasping and clinging , At rest on the bosom will lie . The snoivy ' pure bosom sigh-shaken , Deep sighs ivhich escape with the soul , When love has been lavished and slaken , And billows of sorrowivhich roll
, O ' er the heads of the weaker who battle , Have gathered their prey to the deep , With the sound of the choking death-rattle Which heralds the hush of a sleep .
Summer , the syren hath bound , me With sunbeams ivhich dart from her eyes—She stole from the silence and found me Wearied of life 'and its lies , And threw to me holiest ties . Oh love ! that I lost in the gloaming ,
The season of darkness and dearth , But found , as I followed the roaming Of Summer o ' er bountiful earth , That budded and bloomed at her birth .
I will live for the sake of life ' s gladness , And sunshine that scatters our tears ; And hope shall be stronger than sadness , And faith be more mighty than fears , As Summer sheds light on thc years . LEONARD LLOXD .