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 I question not if thrushes sing,
 If roses load the air;
  Beyond my heart I need not read more 
 I question not if thrushes sing,
 If roses load the air;
  Beyond my heart I need not reach
   When all is summer there. 
 Very hot and still the air was,
 Very smooth the gliding river,
  Motionless the sleeping shadows.  
 Very hot and still the air was,
 Very smooth the gliding river,
  Motionless the sleeping shadows. 
 Now is the winter of our discontent
 Made glorious summer by this son of York;
  And all read more 
 Now is the winter of our discontent
 Made glorious summer by this son of York;
  And all the clouds that lowered upon our house
   In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. 
 Summer time an' the livin' is easy,
 Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high.
  Oh, yo' read more 
 Summer time an' the livin' is easy,
 Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high.
  Oh, yo' daddy's rich, and yo' ma' is good-lookin',
   So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry. 
 Oh, the summer night
 Has a smile of light
  And she sits on a sapphire throne.  
 Oh, the summer night
 Has a smile of light
  And she sits on a sapphire throne. 
 But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat,
 The lowing herds to murmuring brooks retreat,
  To closer read more 
 But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat,
 The lowing herds to murmuring brooks retreat,
  To closer shades the panting flocks remove;
   Ye gods! and is there no relief for love? 
 O for a lodge in a garden of cucumbers!
 O for an iceberg or two at control!
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 O for a lodge in a garden of cucumbers!
 O for an iceberg or two at control!
  O for a vale that at midday the dew cumbers!
   O for a pleasure trip up to the pole! 
 That beautiful season
 . . . the Summer of All-Saints!
  Filled was the air with a dreamy read more 
 That beautiful season
 . . . the Summer of All-Saints!
  Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the 
landscape
   Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood. 
 The summer dawn's reflected hue
 To purple changed Lock Katrine blue,
  Mildly and soft the western breeze
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 The summer dawn's reflected hue
 To purple changed Lock Katrine blue,
  Mildly and soft the western breeze
   Just kiss'd the lake, just stirr'd the trees,
    And the pleased lake, like maiden coy,
     Trembled but dimpled not for joy.