• O Spirit of the Summertime! Bring back the roses to the dells; The swallow from her distant clime, The honey-bee from drowsy cells. Bring back the friendship of the sun; The gilded evenings, calm and late, When merry children homeward run, And peeping stars bid lovers wait. Bring back the singing; and the scent Of meadowlands at dewy prime;- Oh, bring again my heart's content, Thou Spirit of the Summertime!

    William Allingham: O Spirit of the Summertime!  Bring back the roses to the dells;  The swallow from her distant clime,  The honey-bee from drowsy cells.  Bring back the friendship of the sun;  The gilded evenings, calm and late,  When merry children homeward run,  And peeping stars bid lovers wait.  Bring back the singing; and the scent  Of meadowlands at dewy prime;-  Oh, bring again my heart's content,  Thou Spirit of the Summertime!
    William Allingham (1865). “Fifty Modern Poems”, p.49