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When the hornet hangs in the hollyhock, / And the brown bee drones i' the rose, / And the west is a red-streaked four-o'-clock, / And summer is near its close -- / It's -- Oh, for the gate and the locust lane / And dusk and dew and home again!
When the katydid sings and the cricket cries, / And ghosts of the mists ascend, / And the evening-star is a lamp i' the skies, / And summer is near its end -- / It's -- Oh, for the fence and the leafy lane, / And the twilight peace and the tryst again!