Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SUNNY SOUTHLAND, by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON


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First Line: In our sunny southland / balmy breezes blow
Last Line: This garden spot of ours.
Subject(s): Southern States; Sun; South (u.s.)


IN our sunny Southland
Balmy breezes blow,
Verdant fields ashimmer
Waving to and fro.
Luscious fruits depending,
Whose blush is like the dawn,
From May till chilling Autumn
Proclaims the summer gone.
Merry birds sing sweetest,
Dancing hours are fleetest,
In the sunny Southland—
Elysium of the blest.

Rifted clouds revealing
Arching skies of blue;
Hearts are warm and tender,
Friends are leal and true.
Purple twilight shadows
Speak quiet to the soul;
Where gleams the mystic moonlight
Fond lovers often stroll.
Loving hearts will meet thee,
Smiling faces greet thee,
In the sunny Southland,
A welcome waits for thee.

Mellow sunlight lingers,
The beams are beaten gold;
The riches of our Southland
In verse can ne'er be told.
Creamy white magnolias
Breathe forth a sweet perfume,
The queenly rose and myrtle
In rarest colors bloom.
Come to the land of flowers,
Come to its sylvan bowers,
Come to the sunny Southland—
This garden spot of ours.





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