Clouds of Summer: A Poem
Improvement Era, vol. 18, no. 8, June 1915, pp. 705 to 706
Coleman, Guy
Clouds of Summer Silken soft clouds, That sail through the blue, Turn your ear earthward, I've a message for you.
Your flight is so noiseless We scarcely would know You float free above us, So silent, so slow! Oft I've watched you in awe, As you drifted along; Your passing a poem, Your beauty, a song! Our lives have been brightened By your redolent red: Beautified, and enriched, O friends, overhead!
Our burdens were lightened Because of your gold. So dream not, O sailor, Your story's untold. Our souls have been whitened, By striving to blend In self with white purity, Like thine, passing friend.
At times we were frightened By your black or your gray; 'Twas but warning you gave us To be humble alway. Then think not, O rover, Your lesson's untaught; The world is far better, And ye are not forgot. So sail on forever, Through heaven's deep blue, For we will be happy, With memories of you. MIDWAY, UTAH GUY Coi.EMAN
TROOP 3, M. I. A. SCOUTS, NINTH WARD, OGDEN, MARCH 24, 1915
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