John Gray was an English poet and priest. He was born in 1866 and died in 1934. His works include The Long Road and Park: A Fantastic Story and Silverpoints. The latter included sixteen poems and translations from French poets like Verlaine. The Long Road contains ‘The Flying Fish,’ his best-known poem.
‘Summer Past’ by John Gray describes a past summer which contained elements much treasured by the speaker for their divine and natural beauty.
There was the summer. There
Warm hours of leaf-lipped song,
And dripping amber sweat.
O sweet to see
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