GOOD-BY.

TTHE interlacing verdurous screenOf the stanch woodbine still is green,And thickly set with milk-white bloomsGold-anthered, breathing out perfumes;The clematis on trellis barsStill flaunts with white and purple stars;No missing leaf has thinner madeThe obelisks of maple shade;Fresh beech boughs flutter in the breezeWhich, warm as summer, stirs the trees;The sun is clear, the skies are blue:But still a sadness filters throughThe beauty and the bloom; and we,Touched by some mournful prophecy,Whisper each day: “Delay, delay!Make not such haste to fly away!”And they, with silent lips, reply:“Summer is gone; we may not stay.Summer is gone. Good-by! good-by!”Roses may be as fragrant fairAs in the sweet June days they were;No hint of frost may daunt as yetThe clustering brown mignonette,Nor chilly wind forbid to opeThe odorous, fragile heliotrope;The sun may be as warm as May,The night forbear to chase the day,And hushed in false securityAll the sweet realm of Nature be:But the South-loving birds have fled,By their mysterious instinct led;The butterflies their nests have spun,And donned their silken shrouds each one;The bees have hived them fast, while weWhisper each day: “Delay, delay!Make not such haste to fly away!”And all, with pitying looks, reply:“Summer is fled; we may not stay.Summer is gone. Good-by! good-by!”

TTHE interlacing verdurous screenOf the stanch woodbine still is green,And thickly set with milk-white bloomsGold-anthered, breathing out perfumes;The clematis on trellis barsStill flaunts with white and purple stars;No missing leaf has thinner madeThe obelisks of maple shade;Fresh beech boughs flutter in the breezeWhich, warm as summer, stirs the trees;The sun is clear, the skies are blue:But still a sadness filters throughThe beauty and the bloom; and we,Touched by some mournful prophecy,Whisper each day: “Delay, delay!Make not such haste to fly away!”And they, with silent lips, reply:“Summer is gone; we may not stay.Summer is gone. Good-by! good-by!”Roses may be as fragrant fairAs in the sweet June days they were;No hint of frost may daunt as yetThe clustering brown mignonette,Nor chilly wind forbid to opeThe odorous, fragile heliotrope;The sun may be as warm as May,The night forbear to chase the day,And hushed in false securityAll the sweet realm of Nature be:But the South-loving birds have fled,By their mysterious instinct led;The butterflies their nests have spun,And donned their silken shrouds each one;The bees have hived them fast, while weWhisper each day: “Delay, delay!Make not such haste to fly away!”And all, with pitying looks, reply:“Summer is fled; we may not stay.Summer is gone. Good-by! good-by!”

TTHE interlacing verdurous screenOf the stanch woodbine still is green,And thickly set with milk-white bloomsGold-anthered, breathing out perfumes;The clematis on trellis barsStill flaunts with white and purple stars;No missing leaf has thinner madeThe obelisks of maple shade;Fresh beech boughs flutter in the breezeWhich, warm as summer, stirs the trees;The sun is clear, the skies are blue:But still a sadness filters throughThe beauty and the bloom; and we,Touched by some mournful prophecy,Whisper each day: “Delay, delay!Make not such haste to fly away!”And they, with silent lips, reply:“Summer is gone; we may not stay.Summer is gone. Good-by! good-by!”Roses may be as fragrant fairAs in the sweet June days they were;No hint of frost may daunt as yetThe clustering brown mignonette,Nor chilly wind forbid to opeThe odorous, fragile heliotrope;The sun may be as warm as May,The night forbear to chase the day,And hushed in false securityAll the sweet realm of Nature be:But the South-loving birds have fled,By their mysterious instinct led;The butterflies their nests have spun,And donned their silken shrouds each one;The bees have hived them fast, while weWhisper each day: “Delay, delay!Make not such haste to fly away!”And all, with pitying looks, reply:“Summer is fled; we may not stay.Summer is gone. Good-by! good-by!”

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THE interlacing verdurous screen

Of the stanch woodbine still is green,

And thickly set with milk-white blooms

Gold-anthered, breathing out perfumes;

The clematis on trellis bars

Still flaunts with white and purple stars;

No missing leaf has thinner made

The obelisks of maple shade;

Fresh beech boughs flutter in the breeze

Which, warm as summer, stirs the trees;

The sun is clear, the skies are blue:

But still a sadness filters through

The beauty and the bloom; and we,

Touched by some mournful prophecy,

Whisper each day: “Delay, delay!

Make not such haste to fly away!”

And they, with silent lips, reply:

“Summer is gone; we may not stay.

Summer is gone. Good-by! good-by!”

Roses may be as fragrant fair

As in the sweet June days they were;

No hint of frost may daunt as yet

The clustering brown mignonette,

Nor chilly wind forbid to ope

The odorous, fragile heliotrope;

The sun may be as warm as May,

The night forbear to chase the day,

And hushed in false security

All the sweet realm of Nature be:

But the South-loving birds have fled,

By their mysterious instinct led;

The butterflies their nests have spun,

And donned their silken shrouds each one;

The bees have hived them fast, while we

Whisper each day: “Delay, delay!

Make not such haste to fly away!”

And all, with pitying looks, reply:

“Summer is fled; we may not stay.

Summer is gone. Good-by! good-by!”


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