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Oh, the summer
English source:
Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
Oh the summer, glowing, blowing,
Flowers in the sun;
Oh the warmth and sweetness, knowing
That the winter's done;
Spring is just behind us,
dying Autumn just before, and flying,
Flying are the days
No sighing can recall us one.
Oh the summer,
the long fading
Of the laggard light,
Crimson, gold, and purple shading,
Slowly into night.
Where the earth and sky are meeting,
Day and dark exchange soft greeting,
Perfect moments, fleeting, fleeting,
Sweetest in their flight.
Flowers in the sun;
Oh the warmth and sweetness, knowing
That the winter's done;
Spring is just behind us,
dying Autumn just before, and flying,
Flying are the days
No sighing can recall us one.
Oh the summer,
the long fading
Of the laggard light,
Crimson, gold, and purple shading,
Slowly into night.
Where the earth and sky are meeting,
Day and dark exchange soft greeting,
Perfect moments, fleeting, fleeting,
Sweetest in their flight.
Composer
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (15 August 1875 – 1 September 1912) was a British composer and conductor.
