JUNE.
An odorous breath of drowsy noon
Creeping across the tangled grass;
The locust's hum, the cricket's tune,
The wild birds singing as they pass;
Creeping across the tangled grass;
The locust's hum, the cricket's tune,
The wild birds singing as they pass;
Mist where the distant mountains rise,
Mist where the valleys nearer lie,
Veiling the light of nature's eyes,
Wrapping together earth and sky;
Mist where the valleys nearer lie,
Veiling the light of nature's eyes,
Wrapping together earth and sky;
Tremulous boughs of waving trees
Raining down shadows cool and fair,
Murmurous sighing summer breeze
Falling across the trancèd air;
Raining down shadows cool and fair,
Murmurous sighing summer breeze
Falling across the trancèd air;
Mirroring back the azure dome
Lies the lake by the pine-crowned hill,
Only the swell of its silver foam
Making the silence deeper still.
Lies the lake by the pine-crowned hill,
Only the swell of its silver foam
Making the silence deeper still.
Wonderful days of love and life,
Magical days whose siren kiss
Magical days whose siren kiss
