WHO calleth? I am coming, I am coming, <br />O'er the hills with a swift step, from dawn till gloaming, <br />Pouring from my broadlipp'd horn <br />Increase over grass and corn. <br />As I haste I hear discourses, <br />From the murmurous watercourses, <br />Of the purple-pinion'd rover, <br />While from fragrant fields of clover <br />Comes a drowsy dreamy hum; <br />They say, 'Doth not Summer come?' <br />Yes, I'm coming, oh! I'm coming. <br /> <br />Who calleth? Bird in greenwood, deer in forest, <br />Meadow blossoms, and those small things (much the dearest) <br />Who blossom in the town, <br />And in every alley known <br />To venturous explorers among men-- <br />All say, 'Come, sweet Summer, quicken <br />Thy slow steps, for, oh! we sicken <br />Of the darkness and the snow; <br />We fain would bud and blow, <br />And we fain would build our nest <br />Where the green boughs shelter best, <br /> <br />And we fain would go and play <br />In the meadows yond' all day. <br />Oh sweet Summer, sweetest Summer, come again!' <br />Yes, I'm coming, oh! I'm coming. <br /> <br />Who calleth? All the great sea-waves are weary <br />Of wrestling with the roaring wind in fury, <br />And would like to go to sleep <br />On the surface of the deep, <br />Dreaming of the mermaids down below. <br />All the little streams awake; <br />Their silver threads I take, <br />With the filmy morning mist <br />By early sunbeams kiss'd, <br />And wreathe them in a veil about my brow. <br />So I walk upon the land, <br />Scattering from my hand <br />Richest fruits and flowers, <br />While the winged hours <br />Paint the sky with gold, <br />And loveliness untold <br />Of blue and rose and gray, <br />Invoking every day <br />Fresh spells of colour and fresh majesty of form. <br />Oh! little child and sire, <br />Seated by your waning fire, <br />And storm-beat wanderer on the great earth roaming, <br />Fold your glad hands in prayer because I'm coming.<br /><br />Bessie Rayner Parkes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/summer-s-song-3/
