Oh, those glorious days of summer! <br />Oh, those memorable days gone by! <br />The words from an excited lip, <br />The luster of a child's eye. <br /> <br />A childish faith in fairy tales, <br />And a magician's magic ring- <br />The simple, confidence and trust- <br />Cheerful disposition in everything. <br /> <br />When life was strictly simple, <br />Uttering neither sob nor sigh, <br />In the vigorous and youthful glory <br />Of the summer days gone by. <br /> <br />Oh, those glorious days of summer! <br />Oh, those memorable days gone by! <br />The splashing of a rain shower, <br />The emerging rainbow in the sky. <br /> <br />When flowers flourished in beauty, <br />The colorful butterflies fluttering nigh <br />And the fullness of detail overwhelming <br />In the summer days gone by.<br /><br />Joseph T. Renaldi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/glory-of-summer/
