Sleepy days, lazy days,
Leafy woods and grassy ways,
Fruit in orchard, grain in field,
Firstlings of the garden yield.
Copper sun in azure sky,
Earth a welcome gives July.
Sunny days, golden days,
Evening dew and morning haze;
Freedom – all our fears beguile.
Lady of Mount Carmel… smile.
Even war cannot deny
Benison
of kind July.
Blessed days, gentle days,
Now we offer loyal praise;
Now we put our faith and trust
In the One, supreme and just,
Now we all our fears deny,
Blessings crown us in July.
--Lalia Mitchell
Thornton,
in Cyril Robert, ed.,
Our Lady’s
Praise in Poetry,
Poughkeepsie, NY:
Marist Press, 1944.
Image source: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church,
Mill Valley
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