s u ar M E R. 



In all the liveries deck'd of Summers pride. 



MlLTOX. 



AVlien g'olden morn's refulgent rays 



Give lustre to the dewy vale, 

 Whilst June its rosy bloom displays, 



And Eglantine perfumes the gale ; 

 "N^'ith shepherds on the thymy down 



I love to pass the Summer's day, 

 Or trace (and mark the Privet blo\^'n) 



The shady thicket's winding way. 



AViLLIAMS. 



Child of the Sun, refulgent Summer, comes 

 In pride of youth, and felt thro' Nature's depth : 

 He comes attended by the sultry Hours, 

 And ever-fanning breezes, on his way ; 

 "While from his ardent look the turning Spring 

 Averts her blushing face, and earth and skies, 

 All-smiling, to his hot dominion leaves. 



Thomson'. 



Vegetation now throws off her delicate morning 

 veil, and dresses in all the magnificence of the 

 noontide season, that Flora may present her splen- 

 did court in its fullest attractions to the bridit 

 God of Day. The timid children of the early year 

 now give way to the more majestic flowers of the 



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