APPROACH OF SUMMER. William Lisle Bowles Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan. Edinburgh James Nichol, 9 North Bank Street... 1855 pp. 22-23.

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APPROACH OF SUMMER . How shall I meet thee , Summer , wont to fill My heart with gladness , when thy pleasant tide First came , and on the Coomb's romantic side Was heard the distant cuckoo's hollow bill ! Fresh flowers shall fringe the margin of the stream , As with the songs of joyance and of hope The hedge-rows shall ring loud , and on the slope The poplars sparkle in the passing beam ; The shrubs and laurels that I loved to tend , Thinking their May-tide fragrance would delight , With many a peaceful charm , thee , my poor friend , Shall put forth their green shoots , and cheer the sight ! But I shall mark their hues with sadder eyes , And weep the more for one who in the cold earth lies !