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'Neath harvest moon the stricken summer lies Still smiling bravely in her brightest bloom, Her heart yet holds no hint of gloom, No trace of sadness in her sunlit eyes. We love thee, Summer, child of Paradise— A myriad host announce thy coming doom Chanting the requiem of thy wintry tomb, While lovingly look down the tender skies; A holy hush is in the hazy air As in thy radiant beauty thou dost sleep! Nature, arrayed in rainbow colors fair, Is strong of heart her vigil long to keep: We know the secret thou dost seek to tell,— Thou art immortal, Summer, fare thee well.
'Neath harvest moon the stricken summer lies Still smiling bravely in her brightest bloom, Her heart yet holds no hint of gloom, No trace of sadness in her sunlit eyes. We love thee, Summer, child of Paradise— A myriad host announce thy coming doom Chanting the requiem of thy wintry tomb, While lovingly look down the tender skies; A holy hush is in the hazy air As in thy radiant beauty thou dost sleep! Nature, arrayed in rainbow colors fair, Is strong of heart her vigil long to keep: We know the secret thou dost seek to tell,— Thou art immortal, Summer, fare thee well.
In print by 1911 AD · modern
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- Anna A. Gordon
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- In print by 1911 AD · modern
In print by 1911: recorded in The Optimist’s Good Morning (1911). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- The Optimist’s Good Morning (1911) (1911 AD)
Complete signed selection 282; printed byline: Anna A. Gordon; Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911; printed copyright 1907
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