June Hymn

Here's a hymn to welcome in the day Heralding a summer's early sway And all the bulbs all comin' in To begin The thrushes' bleeding battle with the wrens Disrupts my reverie again Pegging clothing on the line Training jasmine how to vine Up the arbor to your door And more Standing on the landing with the war You shouldered all the night before But once upon it The yellow bonnets Garland all the lawn You were waking Day was breaking A panoply of song And summer comes to Springville Hill A barony of ivy in the trees Expanding out its empire by degrees And all the branches burst abloom In the boom Heaven sent this cardinal maroon To decorate our living room But once upon it The yellow bonnets Garland all the lawn You were waking Day was breaking A panoply of song And summer comes to Springville Hill And years from now when this old light Isn't ambling anymore Will I bring myself to write "I give my best to Springville Hill" But once upon it The yellow bonnets Garland all the lawn You were waking Day was breaking A panoply of song And summer comes to Springville Hill And summer comes to Springville Hill