Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD POEM: 14, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "cold, cold the year draws to its end" Last Line: My falling tears wet the double gates Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);holidays;new Year | ||||||||
COLD, cold the year draws to its end, The crickets and grasshoppers make a doleful chirping. The chill wind increases its violence. My wandering love has no coat to cover him. He gave his embroidered furs to the Lady of Lo, But from me his bedfellow he is quite estranged. Sleeping alone in the depth of the long night In a dream I thought I saw the light of his face. My dear one thought of our old joys together, He came in his chariot and gave me the front reins. I wanted so to prolong our play and laughter, To hold his hand and go back with him in his coach. But, when he had come he would not stay long Nor stop to go with me to the Inner Chamber. Truly without the falcon's wings to carry me How can I rival the flying wind's swiftness? I go and lean at the gate and think of my grief, My falling tears wet the double gates. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NEW YEAR'S POEM by MARGARET AVISON A SPEED OF HISTORY by MARGARET AVISON NEW YEAR'S DAY by DAVID LEHMAN LINES FOR THE NEW YEAR by JULIE CARR I AM RUNNING INTO A NEW YEAR by LUCILLE CLIFTON FOR THE NEW YEAR (2) by ROBERT CREELEY TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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