Summer In The South

Paul Laurence Dunbar

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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