Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE IN WINTER, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON


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First Line: Between the berried holly-bush
Last Line: "when love can warm a winter's day?""'"
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Love; Winter


BETWEEN the berried holly-bush
The Blackbird whistled to the Thrush:
'Which way did bright-eyed Bella go?
Look, Speckle-breast, across the snow, --
Are those her dainty tracks I see,
That wind beside the shrubbery?'

The Throstle pecked the berries still.
'No need for looking, Yellow-bill;
Young Frank was there an hour ago,
Half frozen, waiting in the snow;
His callow beard was white with rime, --
'Tchuck, -- 'tis a merry pairing-time!'

'What would you?' twittered in the Wren;
'These are the reckless ways of men.
I watched them bill and coo as though
They thought the sign of Spring was snow;
If men but timed their loves as we,
'Twould save this inconsistency.'

'Nay, Gossip,' chirped the Robin, 'nay;
I like their unreflective way.
Besides, I heard enough to show
Their love is proof against the snow: --
"Why wait," he said, "why wait for May,
When love can warm a winter's day?"'




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