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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WINTER COMING, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O, thou art like an autumn to my days Last Line: Youth vanished, winter coming -- I and thou! Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): Winter | |||
O, thou art like an autumn to my days, Shining in still, sweet light on lonelier hours Of yellowing leaves, and well-nigh faded flowers; In thy dear sight the birds renew their lays, But with how faint a cheer! how meek their praise Rememb'ring April gone! -- his crystal showers, His heav'n-surmounting wind-engirdled towers, And all the graveness of his childlike ways. The hours press closer on to winter now; In misty solitudes brief suns arise; And all the wonder now hath left my eyes, And all my heart sinks to remember how Once, once we loved, we who are grown so wise -- Youth vanished, winter coming -- I and thou! | 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 |
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