Return Of Summer

 

"It was You who set all the boundaries of the earth;
You made both summer and winter."
(Psalm 74:17)

Meadow Menagerie

Picture courtesy/Peakpx

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

Of 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.

We hail thee, joyous summer!

We welcome thee today!

With all thy flowery legion,

And all thy songbirds gay.

O Summer, thou has brought us

A message sweet and fair;

O Summer, thou has 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.

We hail thee, joyous summer!

We welcome thee today!

With all thy flowery legion,

And all thy songbirds gay.

"Return Of Summer"
(1898)
Alice Jean Cleator
(1871-1926)
English-born American hymn writer
and schoolteacher