Poems

<h2><SPAN name="RONDEAU_WHEN_SUMMER_COMES" id="RONDEAU_WHEN_SUMMER_COMES"></SPAN>RONDEAU.&mdash;WHEN SUMMER COMES.</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="dropcap">W</span>HEN summer comes, and when o'er hill and lea<br/></span> <span class="i2a">The sun's strong wooing glow hath patiently<br/></span> <span class="i2">Shed o'er the earth long days his golden dower,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And then, by force of his own loving power,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Drawn the hard frost, and left it passive, free<br/></span> <span class="i0">To give forth all its sweets untiringly,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Shall not the day rise fair for thee and me,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And all life seem but as an opening flower<br/></span> <span class="i8">When summer comes?<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The days move slowly, young hearts yearn to be<br/></span> <span class="i0">Together always, cannot brook to see<br/></span> <span class="i2">Their love-days pass, and void each sunny hour,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Yet may we smile, e'en when fate's storm-clouds lower,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Waiting fulfilment of our hearts' decree<br/></span> <span class="i8">When summer comes.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />