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A SUMMER SKETCH, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis june, 'tis merry smiling june
Last Line: Twill always worship there.
Subject(s): Happiness; Summer; Joy; Delight


'Tis June, 'tis merry smiling June;
'Tis blushing summer now:
The rose is red -- the bloom is dead --
The fruit is on the bough.

Flora, with Ceres, hand in hand,
Bring all their smiling train:
The yellow corn is waving high,
To gild the earth again.

The bird-cage hangs upon the wall,
Amid the clustering vine:
The rustic seat is in the porch,
Where honeysuckles twine.

The rosy, ragged urchins play
Beneath the glowing sky;
They scoop the sand, or gaily chase
The bee that buzzes by.

The household spaniel flings his length
Along the stone-paved hall:
The panting sheep-dog seeks the spot
Where leafy shadows fall

The petted kitten frisks among
The bean-flowers' fragrant maze;
Or, basking, throws her dappled form
To court the warmest rays.

The open casement flinging wide,
Geraniums give to view;
With choicest posies ranged between,
Still wet with morning dew.

'Tis June, 'tis merry laughing June;
There's not a cloud above;
The air is still, o'er heath and hill,
The bulrush does not move.

The pensive willow bends to kiss
The stream so deep and clear;
While dabbling ripples gliding on,
Bring music to mine ear.

The mower whistles o'er his toil,
The em'rald grass must yield;
The scythe is out, the swarth is down,
There's incense in the field.

Oh, how I love to calmly muse
In such an hour as this;
To nurse the joy creation gives,
In purity and bliss!

There is devotion in my soul
My lip can ne'er impart;
But thou, oh God! wilt deign to read
The tablet of my heart.

And if that heart should e'er neglect
The homage of its prayer,
Lead it to nature's altar-piece, --
'Twill always worship there.





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