| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | Hughenden | | By Elizabeth Ann (Chase) (Akers) Allen (1832–1911) |
| | | THE LOVELIEST day of lovely English June, | |
| Bright with rare sunshine, crisp and fresh with dew; | |
| The whole fair landscape seems created new, | |
| And just to live is a delightful boon. | |
| A crystal streamlet pours its tinkling tune | 5 |
| Gurgling and murmuring its cresses through— | |
| The velvet greensward wears its tenderest hue, | |
| Dotted with daisies thick as raindrops strewn,— | |
| And on a sudden from a listening ground | |
| There springs a living joy, a voice with wings, | 10 |
| Trailing behind it, as it soars and sings, | |
| A shower of effervescent silver sound— | |
| A fountain-fall of music clear and strong— | |
| The bubbling bounty of the sky-lark’s song! | | | | |
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