Sing among the hollyhocks, "Summer, fare thee well!" Ring the drooping blossoms For a passing bell. Droop the sunflowers, heavy discs Totter to their fall. Up the valley creep the mists For a funeral pall. Lingering roses woefully In the cold expire. Heap the dead and dying For a funeral pyre. While the gale is sighing, While the wind makes moan, Sigh among the hollyhocks Of the summer flown. "SIGH AMONG THE HOLLYHOCKS OF THE SUMMER FLOWN." |