Fair Summer droops, droop men and beasts...
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Fair Summer droops, droop men and beasts therefore,
So fair a Summer look for never more.
All good things vanish less than in a day,
Prace, plenty, pleasure suddenly decay.
Go not yet away, bright soul of the sad year;
The earth is hell when thou leav'st to appear.
What, shall those flowers that decked thy garland erst,
Upon thy grave by wastefully dispersed?
O trees, consume your sap in sorrow's source;
Streams, turn to tears your tributary course.
Go not yet hence, bright soul of the sad year;
The earth is hell when thou leav'st to appear.
Input by Ahmed E. Ismail
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Date added to the website: 2004-07-04.
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