Present Perfect In Summer School

PRESENT PERFECT in SUMMER SCHOOL CONJUGATION I have yearned Thou hast returned He has departed She has kissed faint hearted We have voiced warm greetings They’ve had timid meetings The young ones the old ones The joiners and the out-in-the-cold ones The sad boys the bad boys The mild boys and the wild boys The Shy girls, the sly girls The good girls and no-better-than-they-should girls The skivers and the strivers The schemers and the dreamers PAST HISTORIC I retain affection In retrospection She with the bright eager face and wisdom beyond her age He in the body of a boy but with full grown mind of a sage He the humble giant, driven to knowledge that he pursues She with the questing soul of a scholar and romantic heart of a muse They have devolved The Earth has revolved And today we elect To teach Present Perfect PRESENT Outside the classroom Sun cloud and tree dapple the grassy vale Aspens tremble, willows sway in graceful measures Blackbird, thrush and warbler trill a delicate scale Daisies, buttercups, cowslips scatter transient treasures Above and beyond in skies azure and white Skylarks ascend, red kites soar in cerulean And in their chosen study focus sight Gaze down upon this blest Elysian scene PERFECT