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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR THE BED AT KELMSCOTT, by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The wind's on the wold Last Line: Right good is rest. Variant Title(s): Inscription For An Old Bed;lines For A Bed Ay Kelmscott Manor Subject(s): Beds; Cold | |||
The wind's on the wold And the night is a-cold, And Thames runs chill Twixt mead and hill, But kind and dear Is the old house here. And my heart is warm Midst winter's harm. Rest then, and rest, And think of the best Twixt summer and spring When all birds sing In the town of the tree, And ye lie in me And scarce dare move Lest earth and its love Should fade away Ere the full of the day. I am old and have seen Many things that have been, Both grief and peace, And wane and increase. No tale I tell Of ill or well, But this I say, Night treadeth on day, And for worst and best Right good is rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANOTHER LOSS TO STOP FOR by JILL BIALOSKY IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON AT THE DEATH OF A MONGOLIAN PEASANT by NORMAN DUBIE MEISTER ECKHART by NORMAN DUBIE THOMAS MERTON AND THE WINTER MARSH by NORMAN DUBIE COMING SOON by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE POMONA by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) |
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