A scarlet host display

The garish Summer comes with many tribes 

Of gay & gaudy flowers in bright array

But the hot sun the cloudy morning bribes

& dries all moisture with his scorching ray

Corn-poppies oft a scarlet host display

The oak woods green like rocky masses hing 

On wooded hills the willows waving grey

Hang mournful in the stream birds cease to sing

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