Now summer's here and showing off
her treasures to the world,
Festooning roses far and wide,
all dewy and unfurled.

The birds are gargling syrup as
the day glares hot and bold,
Each scrumptious fruit is jewelled with seed,
the pollen sparkles gold.

The dragonfly, a coxcomb, in
his rainbow-tinted coat,
Is ling'ring by a burnished pool,
where gauzy lilies float.

While butterflies parade about
with plush, new velvet wings,
A velvet fit to make the cloaks
of emperors and kings.

And, crowning all this splendour, sits
that tangy lemon sun,
That fizzes in a turquoise sky,
like sherbet on the tongue.