The Seasons – Summer by James Thomson is an ode to the hot season and a joyous and sensual song about nature. Excerpt: "From brightening fields of ether fair-disclos'd, Child of the sun, refulgent Summer comes, In pride of youth, and felt through nature's depth: He comes, attended by the sultry Hours And ever-fanning Breezes, on his way; While, from his ardent look, the turning Spring Averts her blushful face; and earth and skies, All-smiling, to his hot dominion leaves."
