<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">Spring and Summer<br xmlns:exist="http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/> To R. S.</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">O, Spring and Summer meet</p><p class="line">Within thy heart to-day,</p><p class="line">And Spring is fresh and sweet,</p><p class="line">With dainty, dancing feet,</p><p class="line">And lips that laugh alway.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">And Summer is serene,</p><p class="line">Mature and debonnaire,</p><p class="line">And cometh like a queen,</p><p class="line">Attired in gold and green,</p><p class="line">With, roses in her hair.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">They meet; they curtsy low--</p><p class="line">Grave Summer, laughing Spring,</p><p class="line">Then hand in hand they go,</p><p class="line">To gather and to sow,</p><p class="line">To labour and to sing.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">O Spring can scatter yet</p><p class="line">The seeds your hopes desire--</p><p class="line">Daisy and mignonette,</p><p class="line">Lily and violet,</p><p class="line">And rose with heart of fire.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">And Summer can fulfil,</p><p class="line">From bud to perfect bloom,</p><p class="line">Whatever flower you will,</p><p class="line">Of meadow or of hill,</p><p class="line">Of sunlight or of gloom.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Thy life is thine to make,</p><p class="line">O happy, happy thou!</p><p class="line">What seeds will Springtime take?</p><p class="line">What buds will Summer wake?</p><p class="line">'Tis thine to order now.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Both Spring and Summer wait</p><p class="line">Thy bidding and decree;</p><p class="line">Thou hast the seeds of Fate,</p><p class="line">The infinite estate</p><p class="line">Of all eternity.</p></div></body></html> · Great War