Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WINTRY WEATHER, by DAVID GRAY (1838-1861) Poet's Biography First Line: O winter! Wilt thou never, never go? Last Line: Through the white spaces of infinitude. Variant Title(s): In The Shadows: 22 Subject(s): Nature; Winter | ||||||||
O WINTER! wilt thou never, never go? O summer! but I weary for thy coming, Longing once more to hear the Luggie flow, And frugal bees, laboriously humming. Now the east-wind diseases the infirm, And they must crouch in corners from rough weather; Sometimes a winter sunset is a charm, -- When the fired clouds, compacted, blaze together, And the large sun dips red behind the hills. I, from my window, can behold this pleasure; And the eternal moon, what time she fills Her orb with argent, treading a soft measure, With queenly motions of a bridal mood, Through the white spaces of infinitude. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOOKING EAST IN THE WINTER by JOHN HOLLANDER WINTER DISTANCES by FANNY HOWE WINTER FORECAST by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN AT WINTER'S EDGE by JUDY JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE IN THE SHADOWS: 19 by DAVID GRAY (1838-1861) |
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