The Cambridge Carol Book/Summer is banish'd

by Wizlav von Rügen

LII. SUMMER IS BANISH'D

(Loybere risen)

Summer is banish'd;
Late the sun riseth, heigho!
And ne'er a flow'r springeth:
Green leaf is vanish'd:
Now by our hedge and woodrow
No nightingale singeth,
But o'er lea and mountain
Boreas' bugle doth blow,
Benumbing all, cattle and drover,
Freezing the fountain,
Mantling the meadow with snow.
Ay me! for glad summer is over.