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QUEEN O' THE YEAR
Comes in her splendour
The year's fairest comer;
Make way before her!
Greeting—O Summer!
The year's fairest comer;
Make way before her!
Greeting—O Summer!
There, where the starlight
Throws shadows of amber,
Her bright yellow cohorts
Of crocuses clamber.
Throws shadows of amber,
Her bright yellow cohorts
Of crocuses clamber.
Where the moon shivers
The gloom of the river,
The silvery circles
Of lily-lamps quiver.
The gloom of the river,
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Of lily-lamps quiver.
Where the thrush whistles
His praise of her power,
Laburnums have lighted,
The bough is a-flower.
His praise of her power,
Laburnums have lighted,
The bough is a-flower.
Where the red dawn-glow
Under the rays is,
The hills and the hollows
Are bright with the daisies.
Under the rays is,
The hills and the hollows
Are bright with the daisies.
Where aspen branches
Blue skies are rifting,
Over the bars of grass
Blue-bells are drifting.
Blue skies are rifting,
Over the bars of grass
Blue-bells are drifting.
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Day's happy children
Surround her with dances;
Smiling and curtseying,
Summer advances.
Surround her with dances;
Smiling and curtseying,
Summer advances.
A.
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