These are the days when Birds come back 1

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These are the days when Birds come back - 
A very few - a Bird or two - 
To take a final look.
 
These are the days when skies resume
The old - old sophistries of June - 
A blue and gold mistake.
 
Oh fraud that cannot cheat the Bee - 
Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief/
 
Till ranks of seeds their witness bear - 
And swiftly thro' the altered air
Hurries a timid leaf.
 
Oh Sacrament of summer days!
Oh Last Communion in the Haze - 
Permits a Child to join.
 
They sacred emblems to partake - 
They consecrated bread to take
And thine immortal wine!