WHEN chimneys no more music hold, For that the swallows all are gone; When winds be salty, blowing cold From sailing ships and the wet dawn; When briers where the rose was bold, On blackened twigs show berries sere, Then oh, my love, and hey, my love, The closing o' the year! When gusts die down, and lanes grow still, And the old weather comes once more; When stiffening stalks begin to thrill, And twisted boughs bud at the door; When for some sweet space on the hill, White as long since the thorn-bush blows, Then oh, my love, and hey, my love, The year is at the close! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MEANING OF THE LOOK by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE LILY IN CRYSTAL by ROBERT HERRICK BROTHER JONATHAN'S LAMENT FOR SISTER CAROLINE [DECEMBER 2O, 1860] by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES WINTER SONG by LUDWIG HENRICH CHRISTOPH HOLTY THE TRANSLATION by MARK VAN DOREN GIRLS! PASS ALONG! by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER FRAGMENT by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS THE AUTHOR'S FRIEND TO THE READER by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |