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1850–1919

SUMMER

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A riotous dawn and the sea's great wonder; The red, red heart of a rose uncurled; And beauty tearing her veil asunder, In sight of a swooning world.

A call of the soul, and the senses blended; The Springtime lost in the glow of the sun, And two lives rushing, as God intended, To meet and mingle as one.

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SUMMER · Ella Wheeler Wilcox · Poetry Cove