WHAT did Winter mutter? @3O ye frozen ponds, Ring, as on the flying skate Rapid couples, maid and mate, Skim in cosy bonds! Bless me, what a scarlet nose Comes with Robin home from school! How his pilot jacket shows Ghosts of snowballs on the wool! Here are drifts beside the door, Flakes that melt on Laura's face, Shameless hurricanes that roar Anger into every place! Here's a splendid pavement-slide, Made by pourings from the jugs; Even babies take a pride, Helping with their china mugs! Now's the hour when chestnuts roast, Now for father's promised ghost! Children, Winter's come anew— Love him, for he worships you! Winter's come!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHANNEL FIRING by THOMAS HARDY SONNET: WRITTEN ON THE DAY THAT MR. LEIGH HUNT LEFT PRISON by JOHN KEATS THE VIKING by CLARIBEL WEEKS AVERY TO CHILDREN: 4. THE FAIRY REALM by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE SONG OF THE SPANISH MAIN by JOHN BENNETT (1865-1956) |