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The Songs of Summer
By Mathilde Blind (1841–1896)
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The swallow’s forsaken the dripping eaves;
Ruined and black ’mid the sodden leaves
The nests are rudely swung in the blast:
And ever the wind like a soul in pain
Knocks and knocks at the window-pane.
Woe’s me for a music sweeter than theirs—
The quick, light bound of a step on the stairs,
The greeting of lovers too sweet to last:
And ever the wind like a soul in pain
Knocks and knocks at the window-pane.