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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WINTRY WEATHER, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poet's Biography
First Line: Now winter turns the roadway white
Last Line: Whose light is as the sheen of stars!
Subject(s): Love; Weather; Winter
First Line: Now winter turns the roadway white
Last Line: Whose light is as the sheen of stars!
Subject(s): Love; Weather; Winter
NOW Winter turns the roadway white.
In evil snares thy days are held.
The bitter wind thy hand doth bite,
In frosty hate thy joy is quelled.
The furrows fill with snow amain.
The light grows dimmer. ... Now make fast
Against the sleet thy shutter'd pane,
Thy door against the northern blast.
But leave thy heart unshut to light,
A holy window. If the hue
Of light be lost still God may smite
With splendour of his glory through.
Mistrust the mortal fruit of bliss,
Mistrust man's hateful lust of strife,
Mistrust all priestly mysteries,
But still believe in love, O life!
In love as pure as at the first
Still shining thro' life's prison bars,
Whose draught is wine to human thirst,
Whose light is as the sheen of stars!
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