JUNE in the grass! Daisies and buttercups, lo, they surpass Coined gold of kings; and for greendom, the rose, Bloom of the month, see how stately she goes; Blow, winds, and waft me the breathings of flowers: June's in her bowers. June overhead! All the birds know it, for swift they have sped Northward, and now they are singing like mad; June is full-tide for them, June makes them glad. Hark, the bright choruses greeting the day -- Sorrow, away! June in the heart! Dormant dim dreamings awake and upstart, Blood courses quicker, some sprite in my feet Makes rhythm of motion, makes wayfaring sweet; So, outward or inward, the meaning is clear; Summer is here. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE LILY IN CRYSTAL by ROBERT HERRICK AUTUMN: A DIRGE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY THE HOUSE-WARMING; A LEGEND OF BLEEDING-HEART YARD by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM LILIES: 5. ETERNAL MURMURINGS by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) ON THE DISCOVERIES OF CAPTAIN LEWIS [JANUARY 14, 1807] by JOEL BARLOW MEARY WEDDED by WILLIAM BARNES LEMNISCUS AD COLUMNAM S. SIMEONIS STYLITAE APPENSUS by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |