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Children of the shining meadow,
Thousand-coloured like the sun,
Sun-compact of light and shadow,
Beauty-shapen every one;
Thousand-coloured like the sun,
Sun-compact of light and shadow,
Beauty-shapen every one;
On the heatflood lightly floating
Cherub chins and eyes so coy,
In gay thousands, as for noting
Summer's self surprised with joy:
Cherub chins and eyes so coy,
In gay thousands, as for noting
Summer's self surprised with joy:
Summer in your smiling glances
Finds her happy self again,
Dances with you in your dances
Over mountain-pass and plain;
Finds her happy self again,
Dances with you in your dances
Over mountain-pass and plain;
Lingers with you in the meadow,
Wreathes your fragrance round her feet,
Far and wide, till light and shadow
Tremble in the incense sweet;
Wreathes your fragrance round her feet,
Far and wide, till light and shadow
Tremble in the incense sweet;
Prays your thousands to this trysting
Come in glittering array,
Nodding, smiling, still insisting
Summer shall not pass away.
Come in glittering array,
Nodding, smiling, still insisting
Summer shall not pass away.
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