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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A COLD BEAUTY, by THOMAS HOOD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Lady, wouldst thou heiress be
Last Line: It is no snow, but flow'r of may!
Subject(s): Cold; Love - Complaints; Winter
First Line: Lady, wouldst thou heiress be
Last Line: It is no snow, but flow'r of may!
Subject(s): Cold; Love - Complaints; Winter
LADY, wouldst thou heiress be
To Winter's cold and cruel part?
When he sets the rivers free,
Thou dost still lock up thy heart; --
Thou that shouldst outlast the snow,
But in the whiteness of thy brow.
Scorn and cold neglect are made
For winter gloom and winter wind,
But thou wilt wrong the summer air,
Breathing it to words unkind, --
Breath which only should belong
To love, to sunlight, and to song!
When the little buds unclose,
Red, and white, and pied, and blue,
And that virgin flow'r, the rose,
Opes her heart to hold the dew,
Wilt thou lock thy bosom up
With no jewel in its cup?
Let not cold December sit
Thus in Love's peculiar throne:
Brooklets are not prison'd now,
But crystal frosts are all agone,
And that which hangs upon the spray,
It is no snow, but flow'r of May!
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