Lilacs all their purple show,
Leaves unfold, and grow and grow;
But the rose it stays behind,
Waiting till the winds are kind.
Rose, will you blossom soon, or no?
Leaves unfold, and grow and grow;
But the rose it stays behind,
Waiting till the winds are kind.
Rose, will you blossom soon, or no?
Violets flutter to and fro
In the greening woods, I know;
Yet a little, little longer
Dreams the rose, till suns grow stronger;
How long does it take a rose to grow
In the greening woods, I know;
Yet a little, little longer
Dreams the rose, till suns grow stronger;
How long does it take a rose to grow
VIIOH, HASTEN, YEAR!
Oh, hasten, year, to bring us June,
Folded within your dreaming heart
Like petals of a rose, that soon
The wooing winds will kiss apart.
Folded within your dreaming heart
Like petals of a rose, that soon
The wooing winds will kiss apart.
Hasten, sun, across the sky,
Nor make, I pray, a long delay;
Let the sweet bloom of daylight die,
And twilight stars forbid to stay;
Nor make, I pray, a long delay;
Let the sweet bloom of daylight die,
And twilight stars forbid to stay;
Till wreathed in blossoms mom appears,
Wasting her fragrance everywhere,
And echoes of the chiming spheres
Seem pulsing on the summer air.
Wasting her fragrance everywhere,
And echoes of the chiming spheres
Seem pulsing on the summer air.
VIIIFULL JUNE
By soft showers and sunlight fed,
Nature's art discloses,
Nature's art discloses,
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