 | [Poems by Cooke in] Hillside and Seaside in poetry |  |
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AIRS OF SUMMER.
Airs of summer that softly blow,
Sing your whispering songs to me,
Over the grass like a shadow go,
Flutter your wings in the rustling tree;
Sing your whispering songs to me,
Over the grass like a shadow go,
Flutter your wings in the rustling tree;
Curl the wave on the sunny sand,
Rock the bee in its rose asleep,
Scatter odors from strand to strand,
Over ocean in laughter sweep;
Rock the bee in its rose asleep,
Scatter odors from strand to strand,
Over ocean in laughter sweep;
Kiss the snows on the mountain height,
Vex the river that leaps beneath,
Sing in the fir-trees your sweet good-night,
And cease like a baby's slumbering breath.
Vex the river that leaps beneath,
Sing in the fir-trees your sweet good-night,
And cease like a baby's slumbering breath.
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SWEET SUMMER NIGHT.
Sweet summer night beside the sea,
Cast all thy sweet life over me,
Thy silence and serenity,
Thy healing and content.
The rushing waves that fall and break
Unutterable music make,
And words that no man ever spake
Are to its measure lent.
Cast all thy sweet life over me,
Thy silence and serenity,
Thy healing and content.
The rushing waves that fall and break
Unutterable music make,
And words that no man ever spake
Are to its measure lent.
The salt wind kisses into rest
Both languid eye and fevered breast;
The cool gray rock, with seaweeds drest,
Gives shadow still with strength;
The bitter and baptismal sea
With living water sprinkles me:
Slow Patience sets her bondsman free,
And blesses him at length.
Both languid eye and fevered breast;
The cool gray rock, with seaweeds drest,
Gives shadow still with strength;
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With living water sprinkles me:
Slow Patience sets her bondsman free,
And blesses him at length.
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