Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, UNDER THE SNOWS, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO


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UNDER THE SNOWS, by                    
First Line: Thousands of things do the soft snows cover
Last Line: Will there ever a spring-tide be for the heart?
Subject(s): Death; Graves; Snow; Winter; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones


Thousands of things do the soft snows cover,
Cover with mantle so pure and white;
How many of these will the Spring discover,
Smiling again in the sunshine's light?
Thousands of rays have the thick clouds hidden,
Quenched, as it seems in an endless gloom;
Will the dark grey drifts float by unbidden,
And the earth lie smiling in brightest bloom?

Under the snows lie the summer's treasures,
Roses, with sweet lips, soft and red;
Will ever the wind, with its mournful measures
Waken the flowers in their dark bed?
Far o'er those masses, like spectres seeming,
Hidden away in their ebon fold,
Will the sunny rays that behind are gleaming
E'er again fleck all the earth with gold?

Under the snows of the heart lie sleeping
Blossoms that drooped with the summer's death;
Will love's warm light, through its chilled walls creeping
E'er again wake them with soft, sweet breath?
When the spring-time smiles on the sunlit meadow,
When the sky's dark masses all float apart,
Will life once again be free from shadow?
Will there ever a spring-tide be for the heart?





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