SUMMER. 



** In all the liveries deck'd of Summer's pride." 



Mflton. 



" When g^olden morn's refulg-ent rays 

 Give lustre to the dewy vale, 

 Whilst June its rosy bloom displays, 

 And Eglantine perfumes the gale ; 

 With shepherds on the thymy down 

 I love to pass the Summer's day. 

 Or trace (and mark the Privet blown) 

 The shady thicket's winding way." 



Williams. 



*' 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 

 A verts her blushing face, and earth and skies. 

 All-smiling, to his lot dominion leaves." 



Thomson. 



Vegetation now throws off her deUcate morn- 

 ing veil, and dresses in all the magnificence of 

 the noon-tide season, that Flora may present her 



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