Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WINTER, by BERNARD BARTON



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First Line: Thou hast thy beauties: sterner ones I own
Last Line: Like pale, but lovely ones, seen when we dream.
Alternate Author Name(s): Quaker Poet
Subject(s): Winter


THOU hast thy beauties: sterner ones, I own,
Than those of thy precursors; yet to thee
Belong the charms of solemn majesty
And naked grandeur. Awful is the tone
Of thy tempestuous nights, when clouds are blown
By hurrying winds across the troubled sky;
Pensive, when softer breezes faintly sigh
Through leafless boughs, with ivy overgrown.
Thou hast thy decorations too; although
Thou art austere: thy studded mantle, gay
With icy brilliants, which as proudly glow
As erst Golconda's; and thy pure array
Of regal ermine, when the drifted snow
Envelopes nature; till her features seem
Like pale, but lovely ones, seen when we dream.





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