The Man with the Hoe, and Other Poems (Markham, Pyle, 1900)/Midsummer Noon
Midsummer Noon
Yonder a workman, under the cool bridge,
Resting at mid-day, watches the glancing midge,
While twinkling lights and murmurs of the stream
Pass into the dim fabric of his dream.
The misty hollows and the drowsy ridge—
How like an airy fantasy they seem!