The wildering flowers are blooming in the Parkland by the sea <br />And nesting birds chirping and singing on bush and shrub and tree <br />And there is the scent of freshness in the cool clean coastal air <br />Days like today are perfect and perfect days are rare, <br />From the park above the ocean the sea looks calm today <br />To describe such beauty as this the words I cannot find to say <br />The swallows o'er the sunlit parkland in circles chirp as they fly <br />A memory to cherish until the day I die, <br />The surf waves at their tamest towards the beach gently roll <br />And the calmness all around me it seeps into my soul <br />The Goddess of Spring has arrived resplendent in her green <br />And the beauty she brought with her in abundance to be seen, <br />All is peaceful in Nature's Garden beneath a sunlit sky <br />A memory to cherish until the day I die<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-memory-to-cherish/
