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THE RAINY SUMMER by ALICE MEYNELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: THERE'S MUCH AFOOT IN HEAVEN AND EARTH THIS YEAR
Last Line: WILD HONEY TO COLD CELLS.
Subject(s): RAIN; SUMMER;

THERE'S much afoot in heaven and earth this year;
The winds hunt up the sun, hunt up the moon,
Trouble the dubious dawn, hasten the drear
Height of a threatening noon.

No breath of boughs, no breath of leaves, of fronds,
May linger or grow warm; the trees are loud;
The forest, rooted, tosses in her bonds,
And strains against the cloud.

No scents may pause within the garden-fold;
The rifled flowers are cold as ocean-shells;
Bees, humming in the storm, carry their cold
Wild honey to cold cells.



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