Living
The summer days are short
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
The summer days are short
Where southern nights are long:
Yet short the night when nightingales
Trill out their song.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “The summer days are short.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/57/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “The summer days are short.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/57/.
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