Return of Summer

We hail thee

glo­ri­ous sum­mer

We wel­come thee to­day

With all thy flow­ery le­gions

And all thy song­birds gay.

The hap­py rills to meet thee

With mer­ry laugh­ter run;

While wood­land ban­ners greet thee

Beneath a smil­ing sun.

We hail thee

joy­ous sum­mer!

We wel­come thee to­day!

With all thy flow­ery le­gion

And all thy song­birds gay.

We hail thy smile of glad­ness

O Summer fair and sweet;

O let us lay all sad­ness

And sigh­ing at thy feet.

The wood­land ways are ring­ing

With ma­ny a mer­ry lay;

Oh let us join in sing­ing

With na­ture’s choir to­day.

O Sum­mer

thou hast brought us

A mes­sage sweet and fair;

O Sum­mer

thou hast taught us

Of Heav­en’s brood­ing care.

Thy gleam­ing skies of glo­ry

Watch o’er the world in love;

They tell a glad

sweet sto­ry

Of sum­mer lands ab­ove.