Living
The summer nights are short
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
The summer nights are short
Where northern days are long:
For hours and hours lark after lark
Trills out his song.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “The summer nights are short.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/56/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “The summer nights are short.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/56/.
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