Like Some Old fashioned Miracle

Like Some Old fashioned Miracle

When Summertime is done --

Seems Summer's Recollection

And the Affairs of June

As infinite Tradition

As Cinderella's Bays --

Or Little John -- of Lincoln Green --

Or Blue Beard's Galleries --

Her Bees have a fictitious Hum --

Her Blossoms, like a Dream --

Elate us -- till we almost weep --

So plausible -- they seem --

Her Memories like Strains -- Review --

When Orchestra is dumb --

The Violin in Baize replaced --

And Ear -- and Heaven -- numb --