Summer in the South
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
The Oriole sings in the greening grove
As if he were half-way waiting,
The rosebuds peep from their hoods of green,
Timid, and hesitating.
The rain comes down in a torrent sweep
And the nights smell warm and pinety,
The garden thrives, but the tender shoots
Are yellow-green and tiny.
Then a flash of sun on a waiting hill,
Streams laugh that erst were quiet,
The sky smiles down with a dazzling blue
And the woods run mad with riot.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 441 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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