SO long a winter such an Arctic night! I had forgot that ever spring was bright: But hark! The blackbird's voice like a clear flame! So long a winter, such an age of chill, Made me forget this silver birch clad hill. But see, the newborn sunbeams put to shame Our long dead winter: bracken fronds like flame, Pierce the new morning's saffron-watered light. So long, so long the winter in our hearts, We had forgotten that old grief departs And had forgotten that our hands could meet. So long, so long: Remember our last May When there was sunshine still and every day New swallows skimmed low down along the street. Ay, spring shall come, but shall we ever meet With the old hearts in this forgotten way? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOOD-BYE DOROTHY GAYLE: OVER THE MACKINAC by KAREN SWENSON THE KING'S THRESHOLD by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE KEEP-SAKE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE SANTORIN (A LEGEND OF THE AEGEAN) by JAMES ELROY FLECKER WITH A COPY OF HERRICK by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE SEEING HIS OWN PICTURE by PHILIP AYRES SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 40. PANTHEISTIC DREAMS by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |