Summer Winds
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he wind waves oer the meadows green And shakes my own wild flowersAnd shifts about the moving scene Like the life of summer hours;The little bents with reedy head, The scarce seen shapes of flowers,All kink about like skeins of thread In these wind-shaken hours. All stir and strife and life and bustle In everything around one sees;The rushes whistle, sedges rustle, The grass is buzzing round like bees;The butterflies are tossed about Like skiffs upon a stormy sea;The bees are lost amid the rout And drop in [their] perplexity. Wilt thou be mine, thou bonny lass? Thy drapery floats so gracefully;We'll walk along the meadow grass, We'll stand beneath the willow tree.We'll mark the little reeling bee Along the grassy ocean rove,Tossed like a little boat at sea, And interchange our vows of love.
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