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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WINTER SLEEP, by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS Poet's Biography
First Line: I know it must be winter (though I sleep)
Last Line: And turf-bound silence, in the frosty year.
Subject(s): Winter
First Line: I know it must be winter (though I sleep)
Last Line: And turf-bound silence, in the frosty year.
Subject(s): Winter
I KNOW it must be winter (though I sleep) --
I know it must be winter, for I dream
I dip my bare feet in the running stream,
And flowers are many, and the grass grows deep.
I know I must be old (how age deceives!) --
I know I must be old, for, all unseen,
My heart grows young, as autumn fields grow green,
When late rains patter on the falling sheaves.
I know I must be tired (and tired souls err) --
I know I must be tired, for all my soul
To deeds of daring beats a glad, faint roll,
As storms the riven pine to music stir.
I know I must be dying (Death draws near) --
I know I must be dying, for I crave
Life -- life, strong life, and think not of the grave,
And turf-bound silence, in the frosty year.
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