. Sidney Lanier at Rockingham Springs; where and how the "Science of English verse" was written; a new chapter in American letters. IN THE SUMMER LAND. ^ Y MY path the flowers are springing, In the summer land;Overhead the bees are winging, In the summer land;Theres a song in every a chorus blithe and free, —Theres a voice thats calling me,In the summer land. Bonny brooks haste to the river,In the summer land; Miles of lances gleam and quiver,In the summer land; There are fragrant copses nigh, There are mountains blue and high, — There is promise in the sky,In the summer land. On t

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. Sidney Lanier at Rockingham Springs; where and how the "Science of English verse" was written; a new chapter in American letters. IN THE SUMMER LAND. ^ Y MY path the flowers are springing, In the summer land;Overhead the bees are winging, In the summer land;Theres a song in every a chorus blithe and free, —Theres a voice thats calling me,In the summer land. Bonny brooks haste to the river,In the summer land; Miles of lances gleam and quiver,In the summer land; There are fragrant copses nigh, There are mountains blue and high, — There is promise in the sky,In the summer land. On the heights the day is dying, In the summer land;Through the copse the wind is sighing, In the summer land;But theres promise in the skies,And I fix my waiting eyesWhere Ive seen the morning rise. In the summer land.

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