Poems by the late John Bethune With a sketch of the author's life, by his brother |
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SONNET ON THE DEPARTURE OF SUMMER 1835. |
 | Poems by the late John Bethune |  |
SONNET ON THE DEPARTURE OF SUMMER 1835.
And thou art gone, sweet summer—sweet and brief—With all thy gay associations gone:
The season of the sere and yellow leaf,
With pale and melancholy face, comes on;
And I behold, with deep but bootless grief,
The flowers all wither'd, and the foliage strown;
For these were friends which, in my solitude,
Oft fill'd my heart with many a pleasing thought—
Aye, they were images of beings good
And innocent, which to my fancy brought
Pictures of that society above,
Whose calm and peaceful spirit they had caught
From the descending dews, which, nightly frought,
Come down, in beauty, gentleness, and love.
| Poems by the late John Bethune | |