WHAT SO SWEET?
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WHAT so sweet as summer, When the sky is blue, And the sunbeams’ arrows Pierce the green earth through? What so sweet as birds are, Putting into trills The perfume of the wild-rose, The murmur of the rills? What so sweet as flowers, Clovers white and red, Where the brown bee-chemist Finds its daily bread? What so sweet as sun-showers, When the big cloud passes, And the fairy rainbow Seems to touch the grasses? What so sweet as winds are, Blowing from the woods, Hinting in their music Of dreamy solitudes? Rain, and song, and flower, When the summer’s shine Makes the green earth’s beauty Seem a thing divine. Mary N. Prescott.