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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NAY, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Shall we grow old together?
Last Line: We, too, will wait our spring.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Aging
First Line: Shall we grow old together?
Last Line: We, too, will wait our spring.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Aging
SHALL we grow old together?
Nay! though 't is wintry weather
The earth awaits the spring,
When suns shall warm the heather,
When birds will moult and feather,
And happy things take wing:
And thou and I together,
Defying wintry weather,
We, too, will wait our spring.
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