THE COUNTRY IN JULY

Where glistening in the softness of the night

The vagrant will-o’-wisps do greet the sight;

Where fragrance baffling permeates the breeze

That gently flouts the grasses and the trees;

Where every flying thing doth seem to be

Instinct with sweetly sensuous melody;

Where hills and dales assume their warmest phase,

With here and there a scarf of opal haze

To soften their luxuriant attire;