Madison Cawein

Meeting In Summer

A tranquil bar
Of rosy twilight under dusk’s first star.
 
A glimmering sound
Of whispering waters over grassy ground.
 
A sun-sweet smell
Of fresh-reaped hay from dewy field and dell.
 
A lazy breeze
Jostling the ripeness from the apple-trees.
 
A vibrant cry,
Passing, then gone, of bullbats in the sky.
 
And faintly now
The katydid upon the shadowy bough.
 
And far-off then
The little owl within the lonely glen.
 
And soon, full soon,
The silvery arrival of the moon.
 
And, to your door,
The path of roses I have trod before.
 
And, sweetheart, you!
Among the roses and the moonlit dew.
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