Summer Streams
All day long beneath the sun
Shining through the fields they run,
Singing in a cadence known
To the seraphs round the throne.
And the traveller drawing near
Through the meadow, halts to hear
Anthems of a natural joy
No disaster can destroy.
All night long from set of sun
Through the starry woods they run,
Singing through the purple dark
Songs to make a traveller hark.
All night long, when winds are low,
Underneath my window go
The immortal happy streams,
Making music through my dreams.
~~
Bliss Carman (1861-1929)
from Later Poems, 1926
[Poem is in the public domain in Canada and the European Union]
Bliss Carman biography
See also: "Winter Streams" by Bliss Carman
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