Calendar of Sonnets, A

<SPAN name="August"></SPAN> <h2><SPAN href="images/head-aug.png"><ANTIMG width-obs="40%" src="images/head-aug.png" alt="August" /></SPAN></h2> <p>Silence again. The glorious symphony<br/> Hath need of pause and interval of peace.<br/> Some subtle signal bids all sweet sounds cease,<br/> Save hum of insects' aimless industry.<br/> Pathetic summer seeks by blazonry<br/> Of color to conceal her swift decrease.<br/> Weak subterfuge! Each mocking day doth fleece<br/> A blossom, and lay bare her poverty.<br/> Poor middle-ag&egrave;d summer! Vain this show!<br/> Whole fields of golden-rod cannot offset<br/> One meadow with a single violet;<br/> And well the singing thrush and lily know,<br/> Spite of all artifice which her regret<br/> Can deck in splendid guise, their time to go!</p> <p align="center" style="margin: 0%"><SPAN href="images/vign-08.png"><ANTIMG width-obs="40%" src="images/vign-08.png" alt="Vignette 8" /></SPAN></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />