In its color, shade and shine, br 'T was a summer warm as wine, br With an effervescent flavoring of flowered bough and vine, br And a fragrance and a taste br Of ripe roses gone to waste, br And a dreamy sense of sun- and moon- and star-light interlaced. br br 'Twas a summer such as broods br O'er enchanted solitudes, br Where the hand of Fancy leads us through voluptuary moods, br And with lavish love out-pours br All the wealth of out-of-doors, br And woos our feet o'er velvet paths and honeysuckle floors.