Poem “So Long in Coming” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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So Long in Coming

When shall I hear the thrushes sing,
  And see their graceful, round throats swelling?
When shall I watch the bluebirds bring
  The straws and twiglets for their dwelling?
When shall I hear among the trees
  The little martial partridge drumming?
Oh! hasten! sights and sounds that please
  The summer is so long in coming.

The winds are talking with the sun;
  I hope they will combine together
And melt the snow-drifts, one by one,
  And bring again the golden weather.
Oh haste, make haste, dear sun and wind,
  I long to hear the brown bee humming;
I seek for blooms I cannot find,
  The summer is so long coming.

The winter has been cold, so cold;
  Its winds are harsh, and bleak, and dreary,
And all its sports are stale and old;
  We wait for something now more cheery.
Come up, O summer, from the south,
  And bring the harps your hands are thrumming.
We pine for kisses from your mouth!
  Oh! do not be long in coming.

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