The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Summer is Dead

Lewis, Mrs. H. J. "Summer is Dead." New York Saturday Press, September 10, 1859, 4.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

Summer is a metaphor for life, with its rich blossoms and green trees that people do not notice until it is too late. Attention only comes when they fade into the decay of winter or death.