Summer

Music: Concerto Grosso Opus 6, No. 4.
By Arcangelo Corelli.
Performed by the Advent Orchestra at Free Music Archive
under a Attribution-Share Alike License.

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Summer is the zenith of the year:
Upward spring, sweet summer, downward fall.
Maybe life sings like sun-drunk cicadas,
Music drowning beds of squash and taters,
Each tiny creature pouring out its call,
Rejoicing in the joy of now and here.