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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NO SONGS IN WINTER, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The sky is gray as gray may be
Last Line: And golden orioles come again!
Subject(s): Winter
First Line: The sky is gray as gray may be
Last Line: And golden orioles come again!
Subject(s): Winter
THE sky is gray as gray may be,
There is no bird upon the bough,
There is no leaf on vine or tree.
In the Neponset marshes now
Willow-stems, rosy in the wind,
Shiver with hidden sense of snow.
So too 'tis winter in my mind,
No light-winged fancy comes and stays:
A season churlish and unkind.
Slow creep the hours, slow creep the days,
The black ink crusts upon the pen --
Just wait till bluebirds, wrens, and jays
And golden orioles come again!
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