June

O sunny days of June divine,

Fresh beauty each hour discloses!

Of blossoming meadows, and zephyrs benign,

And in the gardens with fruit and vine,

Heart's-ease and Roses!

Heart's-ease and Roses; a perfume strong

The mellowing vineyards are giving!

The nights so lang'rous, the days so long!

So beaming the brow and so ringing the song!

Such joy but in living!

You leafy arbor all tremulous there,

Doth sigh as at night it reposes,

Rich blessings fill all the scented air

With rapture surpassing; and ev'rywhere

Heart's-ease and Roses!