1 ) Thou, blooming fire on green boughs in spring!
Thou, harbinger of blazing summer in swing !
Thou, flash of crimson color to the core !
Thou, splendor of sunsets before my door !
The green leaves studded with abundant store
Of silky stars, in countless numbers more
A welcoming sight to any tender heart
A striking red like Cupid's dart ;
Surpassing the blush of Cyprian wine
Surpassing the parrot's red beak fine;
Capturing the wealth of diamond mine
Thou, simple tender blossom in crimson shine.
2) Nature's bounty here we all see
A full-sretched glory in gorgeous glee;
No tempting golden fruit, and yet
A colorful splash, we can't forget;
Throughout hot season can we find
Thou,Sun's offspring of humble kind !
Unasked you lavish a festive glow;
A defiant red against Time's flow;
Thou, fiery star of the earth, far beyond
Our drab routine, like lotus-pond;
Without the scorching heat you sway
With fascinating glow of May.
3) A gushing riot of color full-blown
Like flood of poesy from bosom's throne;
Red fire embodied in a bunched bloom
Like beams of light sprouting through gloom;
What human eye can choose to be blind
To such a ravishing pageant of Nature kind !
A flush of feelings in a generous mind
Unhindered by guilt in thee we find;
What blessed wreath of praise can I bestow!
A taper's light before Apollo's glow!
Thou, Child of unblemished joy, adieu!
No tinselled rhyme can capture thy magic hue.
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22nd May, 2015 Somaseshu Gutala
1) Cyprian wine = red wine from Cyprus
2) Golden apples =Golden apples brought
by Hercules from Hesperides
3) Cupid = Greek god of love depicted
as holding bow and arrows
4) Harbinger = One who foretells about an event
5) Apollo = Sun-God in Greek mythology
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